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This Order may be cited as the Public Utility Transfers and Water Charges Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988.
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(1) The provisions of the Act specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st October 1988.
(2) All other provisions of the Act not already in force shall come into force on 1st April 1989.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
5th July 1988
SCHEDULE
Article 2


Provision of the Act Subject matter
Section 3(6) and (7). Liability for charges after ceasing to occupy metered premises.
Section 5(1), in so far as it relates to the following provisions of Schedule 1—
(a) paragraph 6, in so far as it relates to paragraph 7; Expenses connected with meter installation
(b) paragraph 7; Offences of tampering with meters etc.
(c) paragraph 8; Duty of undertakers to inform other undertakers of meter readings.
(d) paragraph 9(c) to (f), in so far as it relates to paragraphs 7 and 8. Arbitration.
Section 6(5), in so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 3 concerning the repeal of sections 59, 66 and 69 of the Third Schedule to the Water Act 1945. Repeals.