(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016.
(2) In this Orderβ
βthe 1991 Act β means the Water Industry Act 1991 ;
βthe 2014 Act β means the Water Act 2014;
β the Authority β means the Water Services Regulation Authority.
SourceS.I. 2016/1007
The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1007)
This Order is the seventh commencement order made under the Water Act 2014 (c.21) (βthe 2014 Actβ) in relation to England and Wales.
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The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 1st November 2016β
(a) subsection (1) of section 1 (types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers) so far as not already in force;
(b) subsection (1) of section 8 (bulk supply of water by water undertakers) as followsβ
(i) so far as it inserts section 40E into the 1991 Act, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (ii);
(ii) so far as it inserts section 40I into the 1991 Act;
(c) section 9 (main connections into sewerage systems) as followsβ
(i) subsection (1) so far as itβ
(aa) substitutes section 110A;
(bb) inserts sections 110B and 110J into the 1991 Act;
(ii) subsections (2) and (3) so far as they relate to sections 110B and 110J of the 1991 Act;
(d) section 29 (standards of performance: water supply) so far as not already in force;
(e) section 30 (standards of performance: sewerage) so far as not already in force;
(f) subsection (2)(b) of section 40 (charging of fees by assessors for the enforcement of water quality);
(g) section 56 (further amendments) so far as it relates to paragraph (h);
(h) the following paragraphs of Schedule 7 (further amendments)β
(i) paragraph 2 so far as it relates to sub-paragraphs (ii) to (vii);
(ii) paragraph 3 as followsβ
(aa) sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (8)(a) and (c) so far as they relate to paragraph (bb);
(bb) sub-paragraph (8)(b) so far as it relates to sections 38ZA, 40I, 95ZA and 110J of the 1991 Act;
(iii) paragraph 7;
(iv) paragraph 119(1) so far as it relates to sub-paragraph (v);
(v) paragraph 119(4);
(vi) paragraph 120(1) so far as it relates to sub-paragraph (vii);
(vii) paragraph 120(3) so far as it relates to sections 17AA and 66DB of the 1991 Act.
(1) Until paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act comes into force to the extent that it substitutes section 66B(1) of the 1991 Act, the Authority must not grant a water supply licence with a wholesale authorisation under section 17A(1) of the 1991 Act .
(2) The restriction in paragraph (1) does not apply if a water supply licence with a wholesale authorisation is granted toβ
(a) a person who has a water supply licence with a retail authorisation; or
(b) a person who has applied for a water supply licence with a retail authorisation.
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(1) The Authority may revoke old water supply licences in accordance with arrangements set out in the qualifying scheme and on a date and time to be determined under the qualifying scheme.
(2) The qualifying scheme must include provision about the measure of compensation payable by the Authority in connection with the revocation of an old water supply licence.
(3) The qualifying scheme may make provision for the compensation payable in a particular case to be nil.
(4) In this article, βqualifying schemeβ is a scheme as described in paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 11 to the 2014 Act.
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