Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Water Industry Act 1991;

• “application” means an application for–

  1. (a)

     a water supply licence^f1,

  2. (b)

     the variation of a retail licence^f2 so that it gives also the supplementary authorisation^f3, or

  3. (c)

     the variation of a combined licence^f4 so that it gives only the retail authorisation^f5,

  and “applicant” shall be construed accordingly;

• “the Authority” means, until the coming fully into force of section 36(1) of the Water Act 2003^f6 (transfer to the Authority and the Consumer Council for Water of functions, property etc) the Director, and thereafter, the Water Services Regulation Authority; and

• “working day” means any day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which the offices of the Authority are closed for business.

Unless the contrary intention appears, any reference in these Regulations to a section is a reference to a section of the Act.