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The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2018

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Provisions of the Water Act 2014 coming into force on 1st April 2018

2.  The following provisions of the Water Act 2014, so far as not already in force, come into force on 1st April 2018—

(a)section 8 (bulk supply of water by water undertakers)(1) in relation to bulk supply agreements to which all parties are—

(i)a water undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England, or

(ii)a person who would, if the person’s application for an appointment or variation is determined in accordance with the application, be such a water undertaker;

(b)section 9 (main connections into sewerage systems)(2) in relation to main connection agreements under which—

(i)any main connection into a sewerage system, or

(ii)each such connection,

is or would be a main connection into the sewerage system of a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England for the benefit of another such undertaker.

(1)

The Secretary of State is the appropriate authority for the purposes of section 8 as “the Minister” as defined in section 40I (7) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56). This is in relation to bulk supply agreements to which the parties are (or would be) water undertakers whose areas are wholly or mainly in England.

(2)

The Secretary of State is the appropriate authority for the purposes of section 9 as “the Minister” as defined in section 110J (7) of the Water Industry Act 1991. This is in relation to main connection agreements under which any main connection would be into the sewerage system of a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England for the benefit of another such undertaker.

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