# Water Industry Act 1991, Section 63AE: Interim licensees: schemes for terms and conditions


(1) A person who is an eligible water supply licensee for the purposes of section 63AC must make, and from time to time revise, a scheme containing the terms and conditions which, in the absence of agreed terms and conditions, are to apply to a supply of water made by the licensee by virtue of a direction given under section 63AC(3).
(2) A scheme under this section may make different provision for different purposes, or for different areas.
(3) As soon as practicable after a water supply licensee makes or revises a scheme under this section the licensee is to—
(a) publish the scheme, or revised scheme, on the licensee's website, and
(b) send a copy of the scheme, or revised scheme, to the Authority.
(4) The Authority may give a direction that terms and conditions applying to a supply of water in accordance with a scheme under this section must be modified as specified in the direction.
(5) A direction under subsection (4) may apply—
(a) generally to terms and conditions applying in accordance with a scheme under this section, or
(b) to terms and conditions so applying in any particular case.
(6) It is the duty of a water supply licensee to comply with a direction under subsection (4), and this duty is enforceable under section 18.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/section/63AE (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-act-1991/section-63AE
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