{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/37",
  "legislation_title": "Water Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/46",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 205 (exchange of metering information) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) in paragraph (a), for “relevant undertakers” there is substituted “ service providers ”,\n(b) in paragraphs (b) and (c), for “undertakers” there is substituted “ providers ”,\n(c) in paragraph (d), for “undertaker” there is substituted “ provider ”, and\n(d) in the closing words, for “undertaker”, in both places where it appears, there is substituted “ provider ”.\n(3) In subsection (2)—\n(a) for “relevant undertaker” there is substituted “ service provider ”,\n(b) for “such undertaker” there is substituted “ such provider ”, and\n(c) for “the undertaker” there is substituted “ the provider ”.\n(4) For subsection (3) there is substituted—\n“(3) The duties of a service provider under this section shall be enforceable under section 18 above by the Authority.\n(4) For the purposes of this section, the following are service providers—\n(a) any relevant undertaker; and\n(b) any licensed water supplier.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 46 in force at 1.12.2005 by S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c) (with Sch. para. 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/37/schedule/8/paragraph/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:55.574536+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}