Terms of Reference for NI Water investigation - Jan 2011
| Published date | 07 January 2011 |
| Year | 2011 |
| Energy Sector | Water |
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Instrument of Appointment by
the Department for Regional Development
of Northern Ireland Water Limited
as a water and sewerage undertaker
under the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
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INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED AS A
WATER UNDERTAKER AND AS A SEWERAGE UNDERTAKER
This publication contains the full text of the Instrument of Appointment of Northern Ireland Water Limited
as a water and sewerage undertaker by the Department for Regional Development under Articles 13, 18 and
19 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006.
The text on which this is based is held in the Authority's register and may be inspected during normal office
hours at the Northern Ireland Authority for Utilities Regulation, Queens House, 14 Queen Street, Belfast,
BT1 6ER.
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Table of contents
THE APPOINTMENTS ................................................................................................................ 5
SCHEDULE 1: AREA FOR WHICH THE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE ................................. 6
SCHEDULE 2: CONDITIONS OF THE APPOINTMENT ............................................................ 7
Condition A: Interpretation and Construction ................................................................................. 7
Condition B: Charges.................................................................................................................. 11
Part I. Explanatory Provisions ............................................................................. 11
Part II. Maximum Allowable Controlled Revenue and control of Standard Charges17
Part III. Periodic Reviews ...................................................................................... 28
Part IV .Interim Determinations ............................................................................ 29
Part V. References to the Competition Commission and Modification of this
Condition .................................................................................................. 41
Part VI. Provision of Information to the Authority .................................................. 42
Condition C: Infrastructure Charges ............................................................................................. 45
APPENDIX ........................................................................................................... 51
CALCULATION OF RELEVANT MULTIPLIER ................................................ 51
Condition D: Charges Schemes .................................................................................................... 53
Condition E: Prohibition on Undue Discrimination and Undue Preference and Information on
Charges ................................................................................................................. 55
Condition F: Accounts and accounting information ...................................................................... 57
APPENDIX ............................................................................................................. 70
Condition F1: Procurement of Services and Works ...................................................................... 72
Condition G: Code of Practice for Customers and relations with the General Consumer Council .. 74
Condition H: Code of Practice and Procedure on Debt Recovery .................................................. 77
Condition I : Code of Practice and Procedure on Leakage ............................................................ 78
Condition J: Levels of Service Information and Service Targets ................................................... 80
Part I. Levels of Service Information ................................................................... 80
Part II. Service Targets......................................................................................... 81
Part III. Certification and Verification of Information ............................................ 83
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