Part II APPOINTMENTMENT AND REGULATION OF UNDERTAKERS

C2C3C4C1F1CHAPTER 1AF2Water supply licences and sewerage licences

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

Pt. 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)

F2

Pt. 2 Ch. 1A heading substituted (1.4.2016) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 7 para. 9; S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(m), Sch. 1 para. 1(e) (with Sch. 2) (as amended (22.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/462, art. 16)

Granting of licences

17BBF3Sewerage licences: restrictions on grants

1

The Authority must consult the Secretary of State, the Environment Agency and the NRBW before granting a licence that gives—

a

a wholesale authorisation, or

b

a disposal authorisation.

2

A sewerage licence granted to a sewerage undertaker may not give the holder—

a

a retail authorisation, or

b

a wholesale authorisation.

3

A sewerage licence may not be granted to a person unless that person is a limited company.

4

The restriction in subsection (3) does not apply if the sewerage licence gives only a retail authorisation.