{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1991/section-205",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1991/section-205.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/56",
  "legislation_title": "Water Industry Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1991",
  "path": "section/205",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "205",
  "heading": "Exchange of metering information between undertakers.",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) different services are provided in relation to the same premises by different service providers ;\n(b) one of those providers has obtained a reading from a meter used in determining the amount of any charges fixed in relation to those premises;\n(c) the charges in relation to those premises of another of those providers are fixed by reference to any matter to which the reading is relevant; and\n(d) that other provider has agreed to bear a reasonable proportion of the expenses of obtaining the reading together with the reasonable expenses of the disclosure of the reading to it,\nit shall be the duty of the provider who obtained the reading to disclose the reading to the other provider.\n(2) Any dispute between a service provider and any other person (including another such provider)—\n(a) as to the terms to be contained in any agreement for the purposes of subsection (1)(d) above; or\n(b) as to the amount of any expenses to be borne by any person under any such agreement,\nshall be referred to the arbitration of a single arbitrator appointed by agreement between the provider and that person or, in default of agreement, by the Authority.\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; ...\n(b) any water supply licensee.\n(c) any sewerage licensee.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 205(1)(a) substituted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 46(2)(a); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c) (with Sch. para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 205(1)(b)(c) substituted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 46(2)(b); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c) (with Sch. para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 205(1)(d) substituted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 46(2)(c); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c), (with Sch. para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 205(1) substituted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 46(2)(d); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c), (with Sch. para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 205(2) substituted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 46(3)(a); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c), (with Sch. para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 205(2) substituted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 46(3)(b); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c), (with Sch. para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 205(2) substituted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 46(3)(c); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c), (with Sch. para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 205(3)(4) substituted (1.12.2005) for s. 205(3) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 46(4); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c), (with Sch. para. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Word in s. 205(4)(a) repealed (1.4.2017) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 7 para. 115(a); S.I. 2017/462, art. 3(k)(xx)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 205(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2016) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 7 para. 115(b); S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(m), Sch. 1 para. 1(y) (with Sch. 2) (as amended (22.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/462, art. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 205(4)(c) inserted (1.4.2017) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 7 para. 115(c); S.I. 2017/462, art. 3(k)(xx)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 205 applied (with modifications) (28.6.2013) by The Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1582), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 14(8) (with reg. 1(1)(c))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/section/205",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:46.295560+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."
}