Water Act 2014

103 (1) Section 154A (financial assistance to reduce charges of relevant undertakers and water supply licensees) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) the “or” following paragraph (a) is repealed;

(b) in paragraph (b), for “licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ water supply licensee ”;

(c) in paragraph (b), for “its” there is substituted “the licensee's”;

(d) at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted “, or

(c) a sewerage licensee that serves premises in accordance with the licensee's retail authorisation using the sewerage system of an English undertaker.”

(3) In subsection (6)—

(a) the “or” following paragraph (a) is repealed;

(b) in paragraph (b), for “licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ water supply licensee ”;

(c) at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted “, or

(c) to a sewerage licensee by means of an arrangement made by the Secretary of State with an English undertaker that is a sewerage undertaker.”

(4) In subsection (7)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “a licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ a water supply licensee or a sewerage licensee ”;

(b) the “or” following paragraph (a) is repealed;

(c) in paragraph (b), for “licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ water supply licensee ”;

(d) in paragraph (b), for “its” there is substituted “the licensee's”;

(e) at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted “, or

(c) a person whose premises are served by a sewerage licensee in accordance with the licensee's retail authorisation using the undertaker's sewerage system.”

(5) In subsection (8)—

(a) for “of a licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ of a water supply licensee or of a sewerage licensee ”;

(b) for “section 17A(2)” there is substituted “ Schedule 2A or Schedule 2B, as the case may be, ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 para. 103 in force at 1.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(m), Sch. 1 para. 1(r) (with Sch. 2)