[[17FAApplications forwarded by the Water Industry Commission for ScotlandE+W
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about—
(a)treating a 2005 Act application for the grant of a water services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act as being also an application under section 17F for the grant of a water supply licence giving only a retail authorisation or a restricted retail authorisation or both;
(b)treating a 2005 Act application for the grant of a sewerage services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act as being also an application under section 17F for the grant of a sewerage licence giving only a retail authorisation.
(2)The regulations may in particular make provision about—
(a)the circumstances in which, and the conditions subject to which, a 2005 Act application is to be treated as an application under section 17F for a water supply or sewerage licence giving a particular authorisation or particular authorisations;
(b)the time at which an application is to be treated as having been made;
(c)the processing of an application by the Authority.
(3)Provision under subsection (2)(a) may require a 2005 Act application that is forwarded to the Authority—
(a)to contain, or to be accompanied by, such information or information of such description as is specified by the regulations;
(b)to be accompanied by such documents or documents of such descriptions as are specified by the regulations;
(c)to be accompanied by a fee, or a fee of a description, specified by the regulations.
(4)In this section and section 17FB—