# The Water and Sewerage (Works) (Advance Payments) Regulations 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1379/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-works-advance-payments-regulations-1989/note
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