Explanatory note

These Regulations make provision for advance payment on account of compensation payable by a water undertaker, a sewage undertaker or the National Rivers Authority when it exercises powers conferred by paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 19 to the Water Act 1989 (powers to carry out work other than street works and powers in relation to stopcocks).

The amount of the advance payment is 90% of the amount which the parties have agreed as the amount of compensation or, where no such agreement has been reached, 90% of the compensating authority’s estimate of the compensation.