# Water Industry Act 1991, Section 163: Power to fit stopcocks.

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below and without prejudice to section 159 above, a water undertaker shall have power, at its own expense, to fit a stopcock to any service pipe by which a supply of water is or is to be provided to any premises by the undertaker or a water supply licensee, whether that pipe belongs to the undertaker or to any other person.
(2) A stopcock fitted in private premises by a water undertaker to any service pipe shall be situated as near as practicable to any street from which that pipe enters those premises.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/section/163 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1991/section-163
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