{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-and-sewerage-undertakers-exit-from-non-household-retail-market-regulations-2016/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-and-sewerage-undertakers-exit-from-non-household-retail-market-regulations-2016/regulation-6.json",
  "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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Exit application to identify acquiring licensees",
  "text": "(1) An exit application must specify the eligible licensee or licensees to which the relevant undertaker proposes to transfer a part of its undertaking.\n(2) An eligible licensee may be specified in an exit application only if the licensee consents in writing.\n(3) An exit application must be accompanied by a copy of that consent.\n(4) An eligible licensee may be specified in an exit application even if it is a company associated with the undertaker.\n(5) In these Regulations, “acquiring licensee” means an eligible licensee specified in an exit application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The definition of “eligible licensee” may be found in section 52(1) of the Water Act 2014."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111147177/regulation/6",
    "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."
}