# The Water Services Charges (Billing and Collection) (Scotland) Order 2012, Article 3: Obligation of local authorities to make payment to Scottish Water


(1) Subject to any agreement entered into under article 7, and to paragraph (3), for each relevant year a local authority must pay to Scottish Water the sum ascertained in accordance with the following formula—
(A−B) x C C + D − (E x F) Where—
“A” is the total amount paid to the local authority as council tax or water services charges for that year by persons liable to pay that tax or those charges;
“B” is any amount falling within the definition of A which has been paid by a person and which—
(a) has subsequently been repaid to that person; or
(b) has subsequently been credited against a liability of that person to pay an amount which does not fall within that definition;
“C” is the total amount payable as water services charges for that year in respect of dwellings in the area of the local authority;
“D” is the total amount payable as council tax for that year in respect of dwellings in the area of the local authority;
“E” is the number of dwellings in the area of the local authority in respect of which water services charges are payable for that year; and
“F” is the sum of £5.73.
(2) For the purpose of the definitions of C and D in paragraph (1), an amount is payable as water services charges or council tax if—
(a) it has been demanded by the local authority from a person appearing to that authority to be liable to pay it; and
(b) it—
(i) has been paid;
(ii) remains payable; or
(iii) has been written off by the local authority as irrecoverable.
(3) In the formula referred to in paragraph (1), the value of (E x F) must not, in each relevant year, exceed the total value of—
(a) (E x F) in article 3(1) of the 2010 Order for the local authority in respect of the financial year 2011-12; plus
(b) the amount of any payment paid to the authority by Scottish Water in accordance with any agreement made under article 5 of the 2010 Order in respect of the financial year 2011-12.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/53/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-services-charges-billing-and-collection-scotland-order-2012/article-3
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