The Water Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Order 2017

The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2010

28.—(1) The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulations 1(2)(b) and (3)(c), 21 and 36(2)(b), for “licensed water supplier”, in each place it occurs, substitute “water supply licensee”.

(3) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) omit the definition of “combined licensee”;

(b) in the definition of “relevant supplier”, for “licensed water supplier” substitute “water supply licensee”;

(c) for the definition of “retail licensee” substitute—

““retail licensee” means a person who is the holder of a water supply licence with a restricted retail authorisation within the meaning of Schedule 2A to the Act(2);”;

(d) at the appropriate place insert—

““supplementary licensee” means a person who is the holder of a water supply licence with a supplementary authorisation within the meaning of Schedule 2A to the Act;”.

(4) In regulations 5(4), 8(2) and (3), 12(2), 13(1) and (3), 14 to 19, 22(3) and (4), 27 to 29, 30(1) and (3), 31 to 34 and 37(2), for “combined licensee”, in each place it occurs, substitute “supplementary licensee”.

(5) In regulation 18(9), for “combined license” substitute “supplementary licensee”.

(1)

S.I. 2010/994 (W. 99), amended by S.I. 2011/14 (W. 7), 2013/235, 2013/1387, 2016/410 (W. 128).

(2)

Schedule 2A was inserted by the 2014 Act, Schedule 1 and is amended by the 2014 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 54 from a date to be appointed.