"Stan The Man" wrote in message
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If it is for a banned purpose, they usually can. The ban is normally on
the use of the hose, irrespective of the source of the water.
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Colin Bignell

Not true - the ban is specifically upon the use of a hosepipe to
distribute water *supplied by* the water company. So there is no legal way
to ban the use of a hosepipe to distribute collected run-off water from a
water butt or other container.

See
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1991...-ch3-pb3-l1g76


Agreed - there are many misconceptions.

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com