On Wed, 10 May 2006 12:22:07 +0100, VX wrote
(in message m):

Can anyone point me to a way to see/read/copy the text of the relevant act
itself- either on the web (that would be very handy) or somewhere else?


Ok I did find it eventually- it is section 76 on this url:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1991...n_9.htm#mdiv76

this is the whole section on temp hosepipe bans and it says:

Temporary hosepipe bans.

********76.‹(1)**If a water undertaker is of the opinion that a serious
deficiency of water available for distribution by that undertaker exists or
is threatened, that undertaker may, for such period as it thinks necessary,
prohibit or restrict, as respects the whole or any part of its area, the use
for the purpose of‹
(a)**watering private gardens; or
€ (b)**washing private motor cars,
of any water supplied by that undertaker and drawn through a hosepipe or
similar apparatus.

****(2)**A water undertaker imposing a prohibition or restriction under this
section shall, before it comes into force, give public notice of it, and of
the date on which it will come into force, in two or more newspapers
circulating in the locality affected by the prohibition or restriction.

****(3)**Any person who, at a time when a prohibition or restriction under
this section is in force, contravenes its provisions shall be guilty of an
offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on
the standard scale.

****(4)**Where a prohibition or restriction is imposed by a water undertaker
under this section, charges made by the undertaker for the use of a hosepipe
or similar apparatus shall be subject to a reasonable reduction and, in the
case of a charge paid in advance, the undertaker shall make any necessary
repayment or adjustment.

****(5)**In this section "private motor car" means any mechanically propelled
vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads other than‹
(a)**a public service vehicle, within the meaning of the [1981 c.*14.] Public
Passenger Vehicles Act 1981; or
€ (b)**a goods vehicle within the meaning of the [1988 c.*52.] Road Traffic
Act 1988,
and includes any vehicle drawn by a private motor car.


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