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Yn ddilys o 01/04/2004
(1)Such conditions as may be—
(a)determined by the Secretary of State (after consulting the Assembly); and
(b)published by him in such manner as he considers appropriate,
shall be standard conditions of water supply licences granted by the Secretary of State or the Authority.
(2)The standard conditions which may be determined may be different for—
(a)retail licences; and
(b)combined licences,
and standard conditions relating to the retail authorisation may be different depending on whether they are to relate to retail licences or combined licences.
(3)The power to determine standard conditions in relation to retail licences and combined licences may be exercised only before the grant of (respectively) the first retail licence and the first combined licence (but this is without prejudice to the power to modify standard conditions in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter).
(4)The standard conditions for the purposes of water supply licences of either description may contain provision—
(a)for any standard condition included in a licence of that description not to have effect until brought into operation in such manner and in such circumstances as may be specified in or determined under the standard conditions;
(b)for the effect of any standard condition included in such a licence to be suspended in such manner, and in such circumstances, as may be so specified or determined; and
(c)for any standard condition included in such a licence which is for the time being suspended to be brought back into operation in such manner and in such circumstances as may be so specified or determined.
(5)Subject to subsection (6) below, each condition which is a standard condition shall be incorporated by reference in each water supply licence (or in each such licence to which the standard condition applies).
(6)Subject to the following provisions of this section, the Secretary of State or the Authority may, in granting a licence, exclude or modify any of the standard conditions to such extent as he or it considers requisite to meet the circumstances of a particular case.
(7)Before excluding any standard conditions or making any modifications under subsection (6) above, the Secretary of State or the Authority shall give notice—
(a)stating that he or it proposes to exclude the conditions or make the modifications and setting out the effect of so doing;
(b)stating the reasons why he or it proposes to exclude the conditions or make the modifications; and
(c)specifying the time (not being less than twenty-eight days from the date of publication of the notice) within which representations or objections with respect to the proposed exclusions or modifications may be made,
and shall consider any representations or objections which are duly made and not withdrawn.
(8)A notice under subsection (7) above shall be given—
(a)by publishing the notice in such manner as the Secretary of State or (as the case may be) the Authority considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing the notice to the attention of persons likely to be affected by the making of the exclusions or modifications; and
(b)by serving a copy of the notice—
(i)on the Assembly;
(ii)on the Chief Inspector of Drinking Water;
(iii)if the notice is published by the Secretary of State, on the Authority;
(iv)if the notice is published by the Authority, on the Secretary of State.
(9)If, within the time specified in the notice under subsection (7) above, the Secretary of State (after consulting the Assembly) directs the Authority not to exclude or modify any standard condition, the Authority shall comply with the direction.
(10)The Secretary of State or the Authority shall not exclude any conditions, or make any modifications, under subsection (6) above unless he or it is of the opinion that the exclusions or modifications are such that—
(a)the licence holder would not be unduly disadvantaged in competing with other holders of water supply licences; and
(b)no other holder of a water supply licence would be unduly disadvantaged in competing with other holders of such licences (including the holder of the licence).
(11)The modification under subsection (6) above of part of a standard condition shall not prevent any other part of the condition from continuing to be treated as a standard condition for the purposes of this Chapter.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 2 Ch. 1A inserted (1.4.2004 for specified provisions and purposes and 1.8.2005 for further specified provisions and purposes and 1.10.2005 for further specified provisions and 1.12.2005 otherwise) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 56, 105(3), Sch. 4 para. 2; S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(l), Sch. 1 (with art. 6, Sch. 3); S.I. 2005/968, art. 3(b) (with savings in art. 4, Sch. 1, 2); S.I. 2005/2714, arts. 2(h), 3(a) (with Sch. para. 5)
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