The Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2006

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 599 (C. 45)

WATER INDUSTRY

The Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2006

Made

13th December 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34(2) and 37(2) of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2006.

(2) In this Order “the 2005 Act” means the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.

Appointed Day

2.  The provisions of the 2005 Act which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that Schedule shall, so far as not then in force, come into force on 8th January 2007 (“the appointed day”); but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any such provision in column 3 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on the appointed day only for that purpose.

RHONA BRANKIN

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

13th December 2006

Article 2

SCHEDULE PROVISIONS OF THE 2005 ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 8TH JANUARY 2007

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions of the 2005 Act	Subject Matter	Purpose
Section 2	Dissolution of Office of Commissioner
Section 6	Licence authorisation
Section 7	Granting of licences
Section 9	Fees relating to licences
Section 12	Licences and compliance: further provision
Section 32	Amendments to enactments	Only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 5 to the 2005 Act specified in column 1 of this table below.
Schedule 2, paragraph 4	Licences and compliance: further provision
Schedule 5, paragraph 7(10)	Amendments to enactments

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of, and the Schedule to, this Order bring into force further provisions of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”) on 8th January 2007.

This Order commences for all purposes the remaining provisions in Part 2 of the 2005 Act which establishes a licensing system for the provision of water and sewerage services to eligible premises by water services and sewerage services providers.

It also commences provisions relating to the dissolution of the Office of the Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland, whose functions are now carried out by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the 2005 Act were brought into force by the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/351), the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/40), the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 3 and Savings) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/167) and the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/445):

Provisions commenced on 20th June 2005 by S.S.I. 2005/351

Section 1(1) (partially)

Section 1(4) (partially)

Section 4, apart from subsection (6)

Section 5, apart from subsection (6)

Section 9 (partially)

Section 28

Section 29

Section 30 (Part 3)

Section 31

Schedule 1 (partially)

Schedule 4

Provisions commenced on 1st July 2005 by S.S.I. 2005/351

Section 1

Section 2

Section 21, apart from subsections (4) and (5)

Section 22

Section 24

Section 32 (only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 5 specified in this column below)

Schedule 1

Schedule 3

Schedule 5, paragraphs 1 to 6; 7(1) to (2); 7(4); 7(6); 7(8) to (9); 8(b); 9(b) and 10

Provisions commenced on 10th February 2006 by S.S.I. 2006/40

Section 25

Section 26 (partially)

Provisions commenced on 1st April 2006 by S.S.I. 2006/167

Section 3

Section 23

Section 32 (only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 5 specified in this column below)

Schedule 5, paragraphs 7(3), 8(a) and 9(a)

Provisions commenced on 22nd April 2006 by S.S.I. 2006/167

Section 26, apart from subsection (10)

Section 26(10) (only in relation to any sewerage nuisance to which the Sewerage Nuisance (Code of Practice) (Scotland) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/155) applies)

Provisions commenced on 7th September 2006 by S.S.I. 2006/445

Section 4(6)

Section 5(6)

Section 6 (partially)

Section 7 (partially)

Section 8

Section 10

Section 11

Section 12 (only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 2 specified in this column below)

Section 13

Section 14

Section 15

Section 16

Section 17

Section 18

Section 19

Section 20

Section 21(4) and (5)

Section 27

Section 32 (only for the purpose of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 5 to the 2005 Act specified in column 1 of this table below)

Schedule 2, apart from paragraph 4

Schedule 5, paragraph 7(7)

(1)

2005 asp 3.