Regulation 2 Applications forwarded by the Commission

England and Wales

(1)

If the conditions in paragraph (2) are satisfied, the Authority^f1 must treat—

(a)

a 2005 Act application^f2 for the grant of a water services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act^f3 as being also an application under section 17F of the 1991 Act^f4 for the grant of a water supply licence giving only a retail authorisation or a restricted retail authorisation (or both);

(b)

a 2005 Act application for the grant of a sewerage services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act as being also an application under section 17F of the 1991 Act for the grant of a sewerage licence giving only a retail authorisation.

(2)

The conditions are that—

(a)

the applicant has requested that the Commission forwards a copy of the 2005 Act application to the Authority under paragraph 1B of Schedule 2 to the 2005 Act^f5;

(b)

the Commission has so forwarded a copy of the 2005 Act application to the Authority and the Authority has received that copy; and

(c)

the 2005 Act application complies with the relevant provisions of a section 17F notice set out in paragraph (3) which relate to the application for the grant of (as the case may be)—

(i)

a water supply licence giving a retail authorisation or a restricted retail authorisation (or both); or

(ii)

a sewerage licence giving a retail authorisation.

(3)

The relevant provisions referred to in paragraph (2)(c) are the provisions as to—

(a)

the form and manner of the application,

(b)

the information which must be included in the application,

(c)

the documents which must accompany the application,

(d)

the fee (if any) which must accompany the application.

(4)

In this regulation, “section 17F notice” means a notice published by the Authority under section 17F(1C) of the 1991 Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: i.e. the Water Services Regulation Authority: see section 1A(1) of the 1991 Act, as inserted by section 34(1) of the Water Act 2003 (c.37).
f2: A “2005 Act application” is defined by section 17FA(4) of the 1991 Act as “an application under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2005 Act.”
f3: “The 2005 Act” is defined by section 17FA(4) of the 1991 Act as “the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.”
f4: Section 17F was substituted by section 25 of the Water Act 2014.
f5: Paragraph 1B of Schedule 2 was inserted into the 2005 Act by section 7 of the Water Act 2014.