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25Procedure for granting water supply and sewerage licencesE+W
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(1)Section 17F of the Water Industry Act 1991 (procedure for granting water supply licences) is amended as follows.

(2)For subsection (1) (application to be made as set out in regulations) there is substituted—

(1)The Authority must determine for each type of relevant application that may be made—

(a)the form and manner in which an application is to be made;

(b)the information it is to contain;

(c)the documents that are to accompany it;

(d)the fee that is to accompany it.

(1A)The fees may be different in different circumstances.

(1B)The Authority may make a new determination as to a matter referred to in subsection (1).

(1C)The Authority must publish a notice of what it has determined under subsection (1) or (1B) in such manner as it thinks appropriate for bringing the determination to the attention of those affected by the determination.

(1D)For the purposes of subsection (1) a relevant application is an application for—

(a)the grant of a water supply or sewerage licence giving a particular authorisation or combination of authorisations;

(b)the variation of a water supply or sewerage licence so that it gives—

(i)a particular authorisation only, or

(ii)a particular combination of authorisations.

(1E)A person making a relevant application must comply with such provisions of a notice published under subsection (1C) as relate to the application.

(3)Subsections (2), (3) and (5) (requirement for applicant to publish notice of an application made) are repealed.

(4)In subsection (4) (procedure where the Secretary of State or the Authority proposes to refuse an application), for “the application”, in the first place it occurs, there is substituted “ a relevant application ”.

Commencement Information

I1S. 25 not in force at Royal Assent; s. 25(3) in force at 14.7.2014, see s. 94(2)(f)

I2S. 25(1)(2)(4) in force at 1.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(f) (with Sch. 2)

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