# Water Industry Act 1991, Section 117F: Codes in respect of section 117E agreements


(1) The Authority may issue one or more codes in respect of section 117E agreements.
(2) A code may make provision about—
(a) procedures in connection with making a section 117E agreement;
(b) procedures in connection with varying or terminating a section 117E agreement;
(c) the terms and conditions of a section 117E agreement, including terms as to the duration of such an agreement;
(d) principles for determining the terms and conditions that should or should not be incorporated into a section 117E agreement.
(3) A code may make provision about the steps to be taken by the Authority in determining for the purposes of section 117E(2) whether a sewerage undertaker is, in the particular case, required to perform a duty under sections 117A to 117D.
(4) If the Authority considers that a sewerage undertaker or a sewerage licensee is not acting as required by a code, the Authority may give the undertaker or the licensee a direction to do, or not to do, a thing specified in the direction.
(5) The Authority may not give a direction under subsection (4) requiring a person to enter into, vary or terminate an agreement.
(6) It is the duty of a sewerage undertaker or a sewerage licensee to comply with a direction under subsection (4), and this duty is enforceable by the Authority under section 18.
(7) A code may make—
(a) different provision for different persons or descriptions of person;
(b) different provision for different duties under sections 117A to 117D.
(8) The Authority may from time to time revise a code issued under this section and issue a revised code.
(9) A revised code may include provision for applying any of its revisions to section 117E agreements made before the revised code comes into effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/section/117F (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1991/section-117F
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