Regulation 21 Effect of inset appointment on retail exit area

(1)

This regulation applies when—

(a)

a company is appointed under section 6(1) of the 1991 Act^f1 to be the relevant undertaker for a new inset area; or

(b)

the area of appointment of a relevant undertaker that has not withdrawn from the non-household retail market is varied, in accordance with section 7(2) of the 1991 Act^f2, to include a new inset area.

(2)

When the appointment or the variation takes effect the new inset area is no longer part of a retail exit area.

(3)

In this regulation, “new inset area” means an area—

(a)

which is part of a retail exit area; and

(b)

none of the premises in which is served by a relevant undertaker.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 6(1) was amended by section 36(2) of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37).
f2: Section 7(2) was amended by section 36(2) of the Water Act 2003.