Valid from 01/12/2005
[F117EDeterminations by the AuthorityE+W
(1)The Authority may determine, in a case referred to it by a licensed water supplier or a potential customer of a licensed water supplier, whether a proposed supply of water by the supplier to the customer would be in accordance with the retail authorisation given to the supplier in the licence.
(2)The matters which the Authority may determine include the following matters—
(a)the extent of the premises to be supplied for the purposes of section 17A(3) above;
(b)whether the premises to be supplied are household premises (as defined in section 17C above); and
(c)whether the threshold requirement is satisfied in relation to the premises to be supplied (construed in accordance with section 17D above),
and also include any other matter the determination of which is relevant to those matters.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 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)