Water Industry (Charges) (Vulnerable Groups) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 3441 of 1999).

These Regulations define vulnerable groups who are to be given assistance with water and sewerage charges by water and sewerage undertakers. Regulation 2 requires undertakers' charges schemes to reflect provision for these groups and prescribes classes of persons who are eligible to apply for assistance. Regulation 3 states the nature of the assistance to be provided. Regulation 4 governs the method by which claimants are to establish their eligibility to assistance.