# The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017, Article 1: Citation and interpretation

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(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 1991;
“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 Act 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 Act 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 Act, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/462/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014-commencement-no-9-and-transitional-provisions-order-2017/article-1
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