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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-charges-scheme-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2007/280",
  "legislation_title": "The Water and Sewerage Charges Scheme (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-charges-scheme-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“capital value” in relation to a dwelling means the capital value published under Part II of the Rates (Capital Values, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006;\n“housing benefit” means housing benefit provided by virtue of a scheme under section 122 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act (Northern Ireland) 1992 (c. 7);\n“NIHE” means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;\n“the Order” means the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006;\n“qualifying consumer” means a consumer who:\n(a) is in receipt of housing benefit or rate relief under Article 30A of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; or\n(b) qualifies for rate relief under regulations made under Article 30B of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977; or\n(c) is a former relevant child within the meaning of Article 34D of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and who is under 21 years of age;\n“rate relief” means rate relief provided by virtue of a scheme under Article 30A or by regulations made under Article 30B of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;\n“sewerage affordability tariff” means the charge for the provision of sewerage services payable by a qualifying consumer under a relevant undertaker’s charges scheme; and\n“water affordability tariff” means the charge for the supply of water payable by a qualifying consumer under a relevant undertaker’s charges scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I 2006/611 (N.I. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/775 (N.I 2) as amended by Article 2(3) S.R. 2002 c.11"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/280/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:40:32.649239+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."
}