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(1)The Authority may determine, in a case referred to it by a licensed water supplier, whether any condition specified in section 66A(4) to (6), 66B(5) or (6) or 66C(5) or (6) above is satisfied (subject to section 66F below).
(2)The period for which and terms and conditions on which a water undertaker is to perform any duty under sections 66A to 66C above are—
(a)those which are—
(i)in a case falling within section 66A(2) or 66B(3) above, agreed between the water undertaker and the licensed water supplier in question; and
(ii)in a case falling within section 66C(2) above, agreed between the water undertakers and the licensed water supplier in question; or
(b)in default of such agreement, those which are determined by the Authority, in a case referred to it by the licensed water supplier in question, if they are acceptable to the supplier,
(subject to the following provisions of this section and sections 66E and 66F below).
(3)The charges payable by a licensed water supplier to a water undertaker under an agreement under paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) of subsection (2) above or a determination under paragraph (b) of that subsection shall be fixed in accordance with the costs principle set out in section 66E below.
(4)The Authority shall issue guidance in accordance with which the terms and conditions of an agreement under paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) of subsection (2) above shall be made.
(5)Before issuing guidance under subsection (4) above, the Authority shall consult such persons as it considers appropriate.
(6)The guidance issued under subsection (4) above shall include guidance with respect to the fixing of charges in accordance with subsection (3) above.
(7)Subsection (8) below applies if it appears to the Authority that an agreement under paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) of subsection (2) above has not been made in accordance with—
(a)subsection (3) above; or
(b)the guidance issued under subsection (4) above.
(8)The Authority may require the parties to the agreement to—
(a)modify the agreement; or
(b)terminate the agreement,
and that requirement shall be enforceable under section 18 above by the Authority.
(9)Neither the [F2CMA] nor the Authority may exercise, in respect of an agreement under paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) of subsection (2) above, the powers conferred by—
(a)section 32 of the Competition Act 1998 (directions in relation to agreements); and
(b)subsection (2) of section 35 of that Act (interim directions).
(10)Subsection (9)(b) above does not apply to the exercise of powers in respect of conduct—
(a)which is connected with an agreement under paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) of subsection (2) above; and
(b)in respect of which subsection (1)(b) of section 35 of that Act applies.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 3 Ch. 2A inserted (1.4.2004 for specified provisions and purposes and 1.12.2005 otherwise) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 56, 105(3), Sch. 4 para. 3; S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(l), Sch. 1 (with art. 6, Sch. 3); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 8)
F2Word in s. 66D(9) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 88 (with art. 3)
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