Schedule 3: Certain Pre-Existing Agreements as to Charges
287.Schedule 3, introduced by section 21(6) of the Act, makes provision to preserve the charging arrangements which apply where, before the coming into force of this schedule, Scottish Water have used existing statutory powers to enter into “relevant agreements” with non-household customers for charging (other than through a charges scheme) for services provided under those agreements.  Once the relevant provisions of the Act are commenced, Scottish Water will no longer have the power to enter into such agreements for charging for services provided to customers in exercise of core functions, and any charges will be determined instead according to a charges scheme (under the new section 29A of the 2002 Act) or an authorised departure from a charges scheme (under the new section 29E of the 2002 Act).