Water Management Act 2000

A water supply authority—

must classify each parcel of land within its area of operations in respect of which a service charge is to be levied, and

must assess the service charges payable for each such parcel of land,

After it makes an assessment under this section, a water supply authority must, in accordance with the regulations, cause a notice to be served on the landholder of each parcel of land in respect of which a service charge has been levied.

Such a notice must include information as to the following—

the factor or factors according to which the parcel of land has been classified for the purposes of the levying of service charges,

the basis or bases according to which service charges have been levied in respect of the parcel of land,

if service charges have been levied on the basis of the value of the parcel of land, the value of the parcel on which those service charges have been levied,

the rate at which service charges have been levied on, or the maximum or minimum service charges that are applicable to, the parcel of land,

the amounts payable in respect of each service charge that has been levied in respect of the parcel of land.

On service of such a notice, the landholder of the land to which the notice relates becomes liable for payment of the service charges specified in the notice.