Section 38
Connecting public mains and premises to be supplied with water
of Water Services Industry Act 2006
(1)
When an application for the supply of water has been approved by a water distribution licensee, the water distribution licensee shall install the necessary communication pipe to connect the public mains and the premises to be supplied with water, and the water distribution licensee may also supply and adjust all water fittings but the cost of such connection and of all the water fittings for such supply shall be borne by the owner or occupier of the premises.
(2)
No connection shall be made to the public mains until the estimated cost of making the connection has been deposited with the water distribution licensee and until all the water fittings requisite for the supply of water have been previously erected and completed in accordance with any requirement of any subsidiary legislation made under this Act in respect of the same.