Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 3, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:""customer", "local authority", "occupier", "premises" and "property" have the meanings assigned to each of them, respectively, in section 2 of the No. 2 Act of 2013;".

This is a technical amendment which provides that the definitions of terms used in the Bill are the same as those used in the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013. "Customer" is defined as the occupier of the premises in respect of which the water services are provided; "local authority" means a city or county council; and "occupier" means the person for the time being entitled to the occupation of a premises. The Water Services Act 2007 defined "premises" to include any building, vessel, vehicle, structure or land, whether or not there are structures on the land and whether or not the land is covered by water, and any plant or related accessories on or under such land, together with any put buildings and curtilage. The 2013 Act confirmed that "premises" also includes part of a premises. The definition of "property" includes land, equipment, pipes, sewers, structures, waterworks and wastewater works, as well as money, stocks, shares and securities, but does not include storm water sewers.

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