[F1117FCodes in respect of section 117E agreementsE+W
(1)The Authority may issue one or more codes in respect of section 117E agreements.
(2)A code may make provision about—
(a)procedures in connection with making a section 117E agreement;
(b)procedures in connection with varying or terminating a section 117E agreement;
(c)the terms and conditions of a section 117E agreement, including terms as to the duration of such an agreement;
(d)principles for determining the terms and conditions that should or should not be incorporated into a section 117E agreement.
(3)A code may make provision about the steps to be taken by the Authority in determining for the purposes of section 117E(2) whether a sewerage undertaker is, in the particular case, required to perform a duty under sections 117A to 117D.
(4)If the Authority considers that a sewerage undertaker or a sewerage licensee is not acting as required by a code, the Authority may give the undertaker or the licensee a direction to do, or not to do, a thing specified in the direction.
(5)The Authority may not give a direction under subsection (4) requiring a person to enter into, vary or terminate an agreement.
(6)It is the duty of a sewerage undertaker or a sewerage licensee to comply with a direction under subsection (4), and this duty is enforceable by the Authority under section 18.
(7)A code may make—
(a)different provision for different persons or descriptions of person;
(b)different provision for different duties under sections 117A to 117D.
(8)The Authority may from time to time revise a code issued under this section and issue a revised code.
(9)A revised code may include provision for applying any of its revisions to section 117E agreements made before the revised code comes into effect.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 4 Ch. 2A inserted (1.9.2015 for the insertion of s. 117G (except s. 117G(2)(e)(7)), 1.9.2015 for the insertion of s. 117K (except s. 117K(2)(e)(8)), 1.4.2016 for the insertion of ss. 117G(2)(e), 117P(4), 117R, 117S, 1.9.2016 for the insertion of ss. 117I for specified purposes, 117J, 117K(2)(e)(8), 117L, 30.3.2017 for the insertion of s. 117G so far as not already in force and ss. 117F, 117H) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 4; S.I. 2015/773, art. 3(d) (with art. 5); S.I. 2015/1469, art. 3(e); S.I. 2016/465, arts. 2(k), 3(f) (with Sch. 2) (as amended (22.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/462, art. 16); S.I. 2017/462, art. 2(d)