{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-2015/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-2015/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1469",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-2015",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions of the 2014 Act coming into force on 1st September 2015",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 1st September 2015—\n(a) subsection (3) of section 1 (types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (d);\n(b) subsection (3) of section 4 (types of sewerage licence and arrangements with sewerage undertakers) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (e);\n(c) section 56 (further amendments) so far as it relates to the provisions set out in paragraph (f);\n(d) the following provisions of Schedule 2 (water undertakers’ duties as regards water supply licensees)—\n(i) paragraph 4 so far as it inserts subsection (3) of section 66DB (codes under section 66DA: procedure) into the 1991 Act; and\n(ii) paragraph 5 so far as it inserts section 66EB (rules under section 66E: procedure) into the 1991 Act, with the exception of subsection (8);\n(e) Schedule 4 (sewerage undertakers’ duties as regards sewerage licensees) so far as it inserts section 117K (rules under section 117I: procedure) into the 1991 Act, with the exception of subsections 2(e) and (8); and\n(f) in Schedule 7 (further amendments)—\n(i) paragraph 3(8)(b) so far as it relates to sections 66DB, 66EB, 117G and 117K of the 1991 Act; and\n(ii) paragraphs 2 and 3(1), (2) and 8(a) and (c) so far as they relate to those provisions.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at made date"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1469/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:34:15.678774+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."
}