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Article 1 Citation and interpretationI1

England and Wales

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017.

(2)

In this Order—

  • “the 1991 Act” means the Water Industry Act 1991f1;

  • “the 2014 Act” means the Water Act 2014;

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

  • “new retail authorisation” means a retail authorisation given by a new water supply licence;

  • “new supplementary authorisation” means a supplementary authorisation given by a new water supply licence;

  • “new water supply licence” means a water supply licence granted under new section 17A of the 1991 Actf2 and “new water supply licensee” is to be construed accordingly;

  • “new wholesale authorisation” means a wholesale authorisation given by a new water supply licence;

  • “old water supply licence” means a water supply licence granted under old section 17A of the 1991 Actf3 and “old water supply licensee” is to be construed accordingly;

  • “relevant undertaker” means a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker;

  • “threshold requirement” is to be construed in accordance with old section 17D of the 1991 Actf4, as the requirement applies to premises supplied with water using the supply system of a water undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England.

(3)

In this Order—

(a)

a reference to an old provision is a reference to a provision of the 1991 Act as it had effect before the coming into force of an amendment or repeal of that provision made by the 2014 Act;

(b)

a reference to a new provision is a reference to—

(i)

a provision of the 1991 Act after an amendment of that provision made by the 2014 Act has come into force, or

(ii)

a provision of the 1991 Act that was inserted by the 2014 Act.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Art. 1 in force at made date

Footnotes

f1

1991 c.56.

f2

Section 17A was substituted by section 1(1) of the 2014 Act.

f3

Old section 17A was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Water Act 2003 (c.37).

f4

Section 17D was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Water Act 2003 and amended by S.I. 2011/3014 and paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to the 2014 Act.