Part II APPOINTMENTMENT AND REGULATION OF UNDERTAKERS

C1C4C5C2F1CHAPTER 1AF9Water 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)

F9

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)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Licence conditions

17IC1C4C3C2F2Modification of licences by agreement

1

Subject to the following provisions of this section, the Authority may modify the F5conditions of—

a

a particular water supply licence, or

b

a particular sewerage licence.

2

The Authority may not make any modifications under this section unless the licence holder has consented to the modifications and, in the case of standard conditions of the licence, the Authority is of the opinion that the modifications—

a

are requisite to meet the circumstances of the particular case; and

b

are such that—

i

the licence holder would not be unduly disadvantaged in competing with other holders of water supply licences F6or, as the case may be, sewerage licences; and

ii

no other holder of a water supply licence F7or, as the case may be, a sewerage licence would be unduly disadvantaged in competing with other holders of such licences (including the holder of the licence being modified).

3

Before making modifications under this section, the Authority shall give notice—

a

stating that it proposes to make the modifications and setting out their effect;

b

stating the reasons why it proposes to make the modifications; and

c

specifying the period (not being less than twenty-eight days from the date of publication of the notice) within which representations or objections with respect to the proposed modifications may be made,

and shall consider any representations or objections which are duly made and not withdrawn.

4

A notice under subsection (3) above shall be given—

a

by publishing the notice in such manner as the Authority considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing the notice to the attention of persons likely to be affected by the making of the modifications; and

b

by serving a copy of the notice on—

i

the licence holder;

ii

the Council;

iii

the Secretary of State;

iv

F4if the notice relates to a water supply licence, the Assembly; and

v

the Chief Inspector of Drinking Water.

5

If, within the period specified in the notice under subsection (3) above, the Secretary of State F8... directs the Authority not to make any modification, the Authority shall comply with the direction.

F35A

The Secretary of State is to consult the Welsh Ministers before giving a direction under subsection (5) in relation to a water supply licence.

6

The modification under this section of part of a standard condition of a licence shall not prevent any other part of the condition from continuing to be regarded as a standard condition for the purposes of this Chapter.