{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-exceptions-from-supply-system-prohibitions-regulations-2005/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-exceptions-from-supply-system-prohibitions-regulations-2005/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3075",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Supply (Exceptions from Supply System Prohibitions) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-exceptions-from-supply-system-prohibitions-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Specified circumstances in which prohibition on use of a supply system does not apply",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), section 66I(1) of the Act shall not apply where—\n(a) a water undertaker (“A”) is using the supply system of another water undertaker (“B”) under an agreement for a supply of water in bulk by B to A;\n(b) A is using B’s supply system under any enactment requiring that a supply of water in bulk be made by B to A; or\n(c) a relevant person (“C”) is using the supply system of a water undertaker (“D”) pursuant to a relevant undertaking for the purpose of making a private supply to any premises.\n(2) Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply in so far as—\n(a) A uses B’s supply system for the purpose of supplying water to premises within the geographical area to which A’s appointment relates; and\n(b) the water has been introduced into B’s supply system for that purpose by A or by any relevant person under an agreement with A.\n(3) For the purposes of this regulation—\n(a) “relevant person” means–\n(i) in paragraph (1)(c), a person who is not a water undertaker or a licensed water supplier; and\n(ii) in paragraph (2)(b), a person other than A or B; and\n(b) “relevant undertaking” means an undertaking entered into by D with C before 31st July 2002 under which a supply of water was made by D to C before that date.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The expression “supply of water in bulk” has the meaning given by section 219(1) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2017/506",
      "affecting_title": "The Water Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Order 2017"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3075/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:24.216459+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."
}