Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 552
WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Water Industry (Charges) (Vulnerable Groups) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
Made
6th March 2003
Laid before Parliament
7th March 2003
Coming into force
31st March 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of her powers under sections 143A and 213 of the Water Industry Act 1991( 1 ), hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Water Industry (Charges) (Vulnerable Groups) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 31st March 2003.
(2) These Regulations do not apply to any water or sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in Wales( 2 ).
Changes to the Water Industry (Charges) (Vulnerable Groups) Regulations 1999
2.Regulation 2 of the Water Industry (Charges) (Vulnerable Groups) Regulations 1999( 3 ) is amended as follows—
(a) at the end of paragraph (4)(a)(v), omit “and”; and
(b) after paragraph (4)(b), insert—
“ (c) state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002 ( 4 ) ;
(d) under Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 ( 5 ) —
(i) child tax credit, if it includes an amount in respect of the individual element of child tax credit ( 6 ) ; and
(ii) working tax credit ( 7 ) . ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Under Secretary,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
6th March 2003
1991 c. 56 ; section 143A was inserted by section 5 of the Water Industry Act 1999 (c. 9) .
The functions under section 143A of the Water Industry Act 1991 are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales in relation to water and sewerage undertakers whose areas are wholly or mainly in Wales; see the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ) as amended by National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/253 ).
2002 c. 16 ; see section 1(1) of this Act.
See sections 1(1)(a), 8, 9(2)(b) and (3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002.
See sections 1(1)(b) and 10 of that Act.