Water Act 2003, Section 53 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)In section 104(1) of the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27) (appointment of members of the Competition Commission)—
(a)the “or” at the end of paragraph (a) is omitted, and
(b)after paragraph (b) there is inserted “; or
(c)section 12, 14, 16A, 17K or 17P of the Water Industry Act 1991.”.
(2)The persons who are, immediately before the commencement of subsection (1), members of the Competition Commission by virtue of appointments made under section 14(8) of the WIA shall continue as members of the Commission and their appointments shall be treated as having been made under section 104 of the Utilities Act 2000.
(3)Section 14(8) and (8A) of the WIA (which are superseded by this section) shall cease to have effect.
(4)The provision made by this section does not affect any group which has been selected, before the commencement of subsection (1), to perform functions of the Commission in relation to any reference under or by virtue of section 14 of the WIA.
Commencement Information
I1S. 53 in force at 1.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(k) (with Sch. 3 para. 7)
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
