Water Supply (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

L.N. 102 of 2012

MALTA RESOURCES AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 423)

Water Supply (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

IN exercise of the powers conferred by sub-article (1) of article

28 of the Malta Resources Authority Act, the Minister for Resources

and Rural Affairs, with the approval of the Malta Resources

Authority, had made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Water Supply

(Amendment) Regulations, 2012, and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Water Supply Regulations, hereinafter

referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a)

immediately after the definition "preferential tariff",

there shall be added the following new definition

" "primary residence" means the dwelling house in

which an individual habitually resides as his sole or

principal place of abode, whether in Malta or elsewhere, as

may be established by documentary evidence

Provided that such a dwelling house shall not be

considered as primary residence if the property is also

predominantly used for commercial or manufacturing

purposes or for any form of trade or profession;"; and

(b) immediately after the definition of "sea craft", there

shall be added the following new definition

" "secondary residence" means any immovable

property used solely for residential purposes, other than

that residence which serves as an individual’s primary

residence;".

Regulation 12 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) sub-regulation (6) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-regulation

"(6) For the purposes of these regulations, a

consumer shall be entitled to submit an application

requesting the Chief Executive to register individuals

having their primary residence in Malta on a Residential

Premises Service in relation to such primary residence

Provided that no one individual shall be registered

on more than one Residential Premises Service at the same

time and that no individual will be registered on a garage

or on the common parts of a condominium."; and

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (7) thereof, there

shall be added the following new sub-regulation

"(8) The following provisions shall apply with

respect to the registration of persons on a Domestic

Premises Service or on a Residential Premises Service

(a) a consumer shall furnish in writing to the

Corporation, within such time as may be stipulated

by the Corporation, any information together with

any supporting documents which may be required for

the purpose of such registration;

(b) a consumer shall notify the Corporation in

writing of any change in the circumstances, on the

basis of which such registration is made, not later

than one month from when such change occurs;

(c) any change in the number of persons

registered on a Domestic Premises Service or on a

Residential Premises Service shall be taken into

account, for the purpose of such registration, from

the date of the first normal meter reading following

the date on which the change in the number of

persons occurs or the date on which the Corporation

is notified in writing of such a change, at the

discretion of the Corporation;

(d) a person residing in a tenement may apply

to the Corporation so that he shall be registered on a

tenement as a Domestic Premises Service other than

that in which he resides;

(e) any application shall be made in such form

as may be issued by the Corporation from time to

time;

(f) every arrangement made in terms of this

sub-regulation shall be valid until the 31st December

of the year in which it was made or for which it was

renewed, and it shall be deemed to have been

renewed for the next following year, unless the

consumer, not later than the last day of November of

the year in which the arrangement is in force, gives

notice in writing to the Corporation that he does not

want the said arrangement to be so renewed.".

Item 2 of the First Schedule to the principal regulations

shall be deleted.

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