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Section 17BB Sewerage licences: restrictions on grantsF1F2

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The Authority must consult the Secretary of State, the Environment Agency and the NRBW before granting a licence that gives—

(a)

a wholesale authorisation, or

(b)

a disposal authorisation.

(2)

A sewerage licence granted to a sewerage undertaker may not give the holder—

(a)

a retail authorisation, or

(b)

a wholesale authorisation.

(3)

A sewerage licence may not be granted to a person unless that person is a limited company.

(4)

The restriction in subsection (3) does not apply if the sewerage licence gives only a retail authorisation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 2 Ch. 1A inserted (1.4.2004 for specified provisions and purposes and 1.8.2005 for further specified provisions and purposes and 1.10.2005 for further specified provisions and 1.12.2005 otherwise) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 56, 105(3), Sch. 4 para. 2; S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(l), Sch. 1 (with art. 6, Sch. 3); S.I. 2005/968, art. 3(b) (with savings in art. 4, Sch. 1, 2); S.I. 2005/2714, arts. 2(h), 3(a) (with Sch. para. 5)

F2

Ss. 17BA, 17BB inserted (1.1.2016 for the substitution of s. 17BA(2)-(5), 1.4.2016 for the insertion of s. 17BA(1) for specified purposes and ss. 17BA(7), 17BB(2)-(4)) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), ss. 4(1), 94(3); S.I. 2015/1938, art. 3(b)(i); S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(b)(i) (with Sch. 2) (as amended (22.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/462, art. 16)

Notes on Chapter 1A

Textual amendments

F2

Pt. 2 Ch. 1A heading substituted (1.4.2016) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 7 para. 9; S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(m), Sch. 1 para. 1(e) (with Sch. 2) (as amended (22.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/462, art. 16)

Modifications

C1

Pt. 2 Ch. 1A applied (with modifications) (28.6.2013) by The Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1582), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 3(1) (with reg. 1(1)(c))

C2

Pt. 2 Ch. 1A applied (with modifications) (28.6.2013) by The Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1582), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 5(1) (with reg. 1(1)(c))

C3

Pt. 2 Ch. 1A applied (with modifications) (28.6.2013) by The Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1582), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 4 (with reg. 1(1)(c)) (as amended (10.1.2015) by The Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/22), regs. 1(1), 3)

C4

Pt. 2 Ch. 1A modified (28.6.2013) by The Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1582), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 3(2) (with reg. 1(1)(c))