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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-and-sewerage-undertakers-exit-from-non-household-retail-market-regulations-2016/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111147177",
  "legislation_title": "The Water and Sewerage Undertakers (Exit from Non-household Retail Market) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-and-sewerage-undertakers-exit-from-non-household-retail-market-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Transfer schemes",
  "text": "(1) A relevant undertaker that has permission to withdraw from the non-household retail market may make one or more schemes for the transfer of property, rights or liabilities from it to an acquiring licensee.\n(2) A relevant undertaker that has permission to withdraw from the non-household retail market must ensure that its rights and liabilities under agreements with transferred customers in relation to the supply of water or the provision of sewerage services are transferred to an acquiring licensee in accordance with a transfer scheme.\n(3) Schedule 1 contains further provision about transfer schemes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111147177/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:09.860983+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}