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Water Industry, England And Wales

Made 17th March 2017

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17J(6) of the Water Industry Act 1991^f1, having consulted the Welsh Ministers^f2 in relation to the standard conditions of water supply licences in accordance with section 17J(10) of that Act.

A draft of this Order has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 17J(11) of that Act.

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f1: 1991 c. 56; section 17J was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Water Act 2003 (c. 37) and amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 7 to the Water Act 2014 (c. 21).
f2: Functions exercisable by the Assembly were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), therefore the requirement in section 17J(10) to consult the National Assembly for Wales now applies to the Welsh Ministers.