# The Water Supply Licence (Application) Regulations 2005, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Water Industry Act 1991;
“application” means an application for–
(a) a water supply licence,
(b) the variation of a retail licence so that it gives also the supplementary authorisation, or
(c) the variation of a combined licence so that it gives only the retail authorisation,
and “applicant” shall be construed accordingly;
“the Authority” means, until the coming fully into force of section 36(1) of the Water Act 2003 (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.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, any reference in these Regulations to a section is a reference to a section of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1638/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-licence-application-regulations-2005/regulation-2
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