AQW 48060/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Regional Development
To ask the Minister for Regional Development what legislation his Department plans to bring forward by the end of the current Assembly mandate.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 1 July 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 July 2015
- Answer due by
- 20 July 2015
- Answered
- 15 July 201514 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
It is my intention to introduce the following items of Primary legislation before the end of the current mandate - March 2016:
Water Bill
This Bill would extend my Department’s powers to pay subsidy to Northern Ireland Water on behalf of customers in the absence of domestic water charges; to improve governance arrangements for NI Water; to introduce new powers in relation to the standard of construction of sewerage infrastructure; to restrict surface water connections to the public sewer network; and to cease the requirement on Northern Ireland Water to install meters at domestic properties connecting to the public water supply for the first time.
Amendment to the Land Acquisition and Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 1973
This Bill would amend the Land Acquisition and Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 by introducing a legislative change permitting a mechanism for top-up payments relating to compulsory purchase compensation in order to ensure that the system of assessing compensation payments in respect of compulsory acquisition in Northern Ireland is fairer and similar to England and Wales.