# The Water Use (Temporary Bans) Order 2010, Article 14: Cleaning other artificial outdoor surfaces using a hosepipe

Extent: E+W

(1) Using a hosepipe to clean an artificial outdoor surface for health or safety reasons is not to be treated as falling within the category of use in section 76(2)(k) of the Act.
(2) In that section, “artificial outdoor surface” means any of the following—
(a) any area outdoors which is paved or laid with hard or artificial material;
(b) timber decking;
(c) a quay;
(d) a trailer designed, constructed or adapted to launch boats or other vessels or craft into water, other than a private motor-vehicle within the meaning of section 76(2)(b) of the Act;
(e) the roof of any domestic premises within the meaning of section 76(2)(i) of the Act.
(3) In paragraph (2), “quay” includes jetty, pontoon, wharf and slipway.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2231/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-use-temporary-bans-order-2010/article-14
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