Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

• “the Act" means the Water Industry Act 1991;

• “approved contractor" means a person who–

  1. (a)

     has been approved by the water undertaker for the area where a water fitting is installed or used, or

  2. (b)

     has been certified as an approved contractor by an organization specified in writing by the regulator;

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• “fluid category" means a category of fluid described in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

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• “material change of use" means a change in the purpose for which, or the circumstances in which, premises are used, such that after that change the premises are used (where previously they were not so used)–

  1. (i)

     as a dwelling;

  2. (ii)

     as an institution;

  3. (iii)

     as a public building; or

  4. (iv)

     for the purposes of the storage or use of substances which if mixed with water result in a fluid which is classified as either fluid category 4 or 5;

• “regulator" means–

  1. (a)

     in relation to any water undertakers whose area of appointment is wholly or mainly in Wales and their area of appointment, the National Assembly of Wales;

  2. (b)

     in relation to all other water undertakers and their area of appointment, the Secretary of State;

• “supply pipe" means so much of any service pipe as is not vested in the water undertaker;

and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 has effect for the purposes of that Schedule.