[F163AEInterim licensees: schemes for terms and conditionsE+W
(1)A person who is an eligible water supply licensee for the purposes of section 63AC must make, and from time to time revise, a scheme containing the terms and conditions which, in the absence of agreed terms and conditions, are to apply to a supply of water made by the licensee by virtue of a direction given under section 63AC(3).
(2)A scheme under this section may make different provision for different purposes, or for different areas.
(3)As soon as practicable after a water supply licensee makes or revises a scheme under this section the licensee is to—
(a)publish the scheme, or revised scheme, on the licensee's website, and
(b)send a copy of the scheme, or revised scheme, to the Authority.
(4)The Authority may give a direction that terms and conditions applying to a supply of water in accordance with a scheme under this section must be modified as specified in the direction.
(5)A direction under subsection (4) may apply—
(a)generally to terms and conditions applying in accordance with a scheme under this section, or
(b)to terms and conditions so applying in any particular case.
(6)It is the duty of a water supply licensee to comply with a direction under subsection (4), and this duty is enforceable under section 18.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 63AC-63AF substituted for s. 63AC (1.4.2017) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), ss. 31, 94(3); S.I. 2017/462, art. 3(f)