{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-designated-codes-appeals-to-the-competition-and-markets-authority-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-designated-codes-appeals-to-the-competition-and-markets-authority-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/447",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Industry Designated Codes (Appeals to the Competition and Markets Authority) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-designated-codes-appeals-to-the-competition-and-markets-authority-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Water Industry Act 1991;\n“appellant” means a person who has been granted permission to appeal in accordance with regulation 6;\n“authorised member of the CMA”—\n(a) in relation to a power exercisable in connection with an appeal, means a member of the CMA group who has been authorised by the chair of the CMA to exercise that power;\n(b) in relation to a power exercisable in connection with an application for permission to appeal, or otherwise in connection with an appeal in respect of which a CMA group is being constituted by the chair of the CMA, means—\n(i) any member of the CMA Board who is also a member of the CMA panel, or\n(ii) any member of the CMA panel authorised by the Secretary of State (whether generally or specifically) to exercise the power in question;\n“Authority decision” means a decision taken by the Authority on or after the commencement date—\n(a) to revise a designated code; or\n(b) following consultation under the Act, not to revise a designated code;\n“the CMA” means the Competition and Markets Authority;\n“CMA Board” and “CMA panel” have the same meaning as in Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013;\n“CMA group” means a group constituted by the chair of the CMA under Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 for the purpose of carrying out functions of the CMA with respect to an appeal under regulation 4;\n“commencement date” means the day on which these Regulations come into force in accordance with regulation 1(2);\n“intervener” means a person who has become a party to an appeal in pursuance of a direction under regulation 7(5);\n“sewerage licence” means a sewerage licence granted with a retail authorisation under section 17BA of the Act, and “sewerage licensee” is to be interpreted accordingly;\n“undertaker” means either a water or sewerage undertaker;\n“water supply licence” means a water supply licence granted with a retail authorisation or a restricted retail authorisation under section 17A of the Act, and “water supply licensee” is to be interpreted accordingly;\n“Wholesale-Retail Code” means the relevant designated code in the table in the Schedule;\n“working day” means any day other than—\n(a) a Saturday or Sunday;\n(b) Christmas Day or Good Friday; or\n(c) a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.\n(2) References in these Regulations to a party to an appeal are references to—\n(a) the appellant;\n(b) an intervener; or\n(c) the Authority.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 6.4.2017, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2013 c. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 17BA was inserted by section 4(1) of the Water Act 2014 (c. 21). It is prospectively amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the Water Act 2014 from a date to be appointed."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 17A was inserted by paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 to the Water Act 2003 (c. 37) and substituted by section 1(1) of the Water Act 2014. It is prospectively amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the Water Act 2014 from a date to be appointed."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/447/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:15.507844+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}