{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-services-etc-scotland-act-2005/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-services-etc-scotland-act-2005/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2005/3",
  "legislation_title": "Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-services-etc-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Meaning of “eligible premises”",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, “eligible premises” means—\n(a) in relation to the supply of water, premises which are (or are to be) connected to the public water supply system; and\n(b) in relation to the provision of sewerage or the disposal of sewage, premises which are (or are to be) connected to the public sewerage system,\nbut not any dwelling.\n(2) In subsection (1), “dwelling” means any dwelling within the meaning of Part II (Council tax: Scotland) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) except the residential part of part residential subjects within the meaning of that Part of that Act.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may by order modify subsection (2) so as to vary the meaning of “dwelling”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 27 in force at 7.9.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/445, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/3/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:29.991766+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."
}