Section 33 Supplementary provision about transfer and abolition ordersI1

This section applies where the Consumer Council for Water has been designated for abolition under section 31.

In this section “ payment conditions ” means—

The payment conditions of such an appointment or licence may (without prejudice to the generality of sections 11(1)(c) and 17G(1)(b) of that Act) require the payment by the company holding the appointment or licence of sums relating to any of the expenses mentioned in subsection (4).

Those expenses are—

The “appropriate proportion” of any relevant expenses means such proportion of the expenses as the Secretary of State considers is reasonable having regard to—

The Authority may, in accordance with this section, modify any payment conditions where it considers it necessary or expedient to do so in consequence of, or of preparations for—

The Authority may, in accordance with this section, make such incidental or consequential modifications of the other conditions which are included in—

as it considers necessary or expedient in consequence of, or of preparations for, an event mentioned in subsection (6)(a) or (b).

Before modifying under subsection (6) or (7) the conditions included in an appointment or licence, the Authority must consult the company holding the appointment or licence.

The Secretary of State may, after consulting the Welsh Ministers, give directions to the Authority for the purpose of securing that sums relating to any of the expenses mentioned in subsection (4) are included in the sums payable by virtue of payment conditions; and the Authority must comply with any such direction.

For the purposes of this section a qualifying public consumer advice scheme is a scheme that is supported by Citizens Advice or Citizens Advice Scotland, or by them jointly, in a manner that the Office of Fair Trading is prohibited from supporting by section 8A of the Enterprise Act 2002.

In this section—

• “ the Authority ” means the Water Services Regulation Authority;

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• “ water consumers ” means consumers in relation to services provided by a water undertaker, a sewerage undertaker F12, a water supply licensee or a sewerage licensee , in F13the undertaker's or licensee's capacity as such.