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Self-Lay and Requisitioning Letters
11 December 2003 SLR 2/03 Dear Colleague CONSULTATIONS: FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SELF-LAY AND REQUISITIONING AGREEMENTS AND PROCESS FOR HANDLING DISPUTES AND APPEALS The Water Act 2003 received Royal Assent on 20 November. The Act amends the provisions of the Water Industry Act 1991 that relate to installing new water mains, service pipes and sewers and creates new provisions relating to lateral drains. We now want to consult on aspects of the new regime. I enclose copies of our consultation papers. These outline the financial principles we will apply in determining disputes and the process for handling disputes under the new legislation. We welcome your comments on these. Please reply by 12 March 2004. Our final guidance papers will be published in spring 2004 around the time that the new regime will start. We would be grateful for early responses, which will help us to finalise the guidance paper as soon as possible. Please note, we will place all responses in our library unless these are marked as confidential. We are holding a seminar on 20 January 2004 at Austin Court, Birmingham, when we will discuss issues arising from the paper. You are invited to come. This will be an opportunity for you to discuss your point of view. Please return the attached form by 9 January 2004 if you would like to attend or send a representative. We will then send further details. Please note that we may need to restrict attendance. We are also circulating this paper to other stakeholders including regulators, developers and self-lay organisations. Yours sincerely Tony Smith Director of Competition & Consumer Affairs Enc 1) Consultation on the financial arrangements for self-lay and requisitioning agreements 2) Process for handling disputes and appeals: requisitioning of water mains and public sewers and adoption of self-laid water mains SEMINAR ON 'FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SELF-LAY AND REQUISITIONING AGREEMENTS' AND 'PROCESS FOR HANDLING DISPUTES AND APPEALS'. I wish to attend Ofwat's seminar on the above consultation papers, to be held on 20 January 2004 at Austin Court, Birmingham.
Please reply to: Alex Claybrook Competition Policy Team Office of Water Services (Ofwat) Centre City Tower 7 Hill Street Birmingham B5 4UA Email: alex.claybrook@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk Fax: 0121 625 1379  |
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