Section 83
of Water Supply Regulations 1961 Reprinted 1999
Section 83
(1)
A consumer who doubts the accuracy of the meter which measures his water supply may, upon payment of the deposit equal to the fee laid down in the First
Schedule hereto have such meter tested by the Water Authority and the consumer shall be deemed to have agreed that the result of such test shall be binding upon him.
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(2)
A meter shall be said to register correctly when the inaccuracy does not exceed three per cent.
(3)
In the event of the meter being found to over-register, the deposit shall be refunded to the consumer. If the meter is found to be correct or to under-register, the deposit shall be forfeited and shall be credited to the revenue of the Water Authority.
(4)
When it is shown to the satisfaction of the Water Authority that a meter has, from any cause, failed to register correctly the volume of water supplied to any premises, the charges to be made in respect of any month or part of a month during which, in the opinion of the Water Authority, such failure has continued shall be –
(a)
on the basis of the average consumption for such or similar premises for the last three completed months during which in the opinion of the
Water Authority there was no such failure; or
(b)
upon the basis of an addition to the amount chargeable for a particular month or of a subtraction therefrom of any amount corresponding to the percentage by which such meter was determined by the Water
Authority to be registering too much or too little as the case may be.
The choice of these alternative methods shall be entirely within the discretion of the Water
Authority; and when it has certified the amount payable in accordance with one or other of these methods of calculation such amount shall immediately become payable by the consumer and shall be recoverable as a civil debt:
Provided always that no additional amount may be recovered from any consumer under this regulation in respect of any period more than two months prior to the month in which the meter is found to be faulty as described above.