SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Further amendments

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

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1

Section 154A (financial assistance to reduce charges of relevant undertakers and water supply licensees) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

the “or” following paragraph (a) is repealed;

b

in paragraph (b), for “licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ water supply licensee ”;

c

in paragraph (b), for “its” there is substituted “the licensee's”;

d

at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted

, or

c

a sewerage licensee that serves premises in accordance with the licensee's retail authorisation using the sewerage system of an English undertaker.

3

In subsection (6)—

a

the “or” following paragraph (a) is repealed;

b

in paragraph (b), for “licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ water supply licensee ”;

c

at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted

, or

c

to a sewerage licensee by means of an arrangement made by the Secretary of State with an English undertaker that is a sewerage undertaker.

4

In subsection (7)—

a

in paragraph (a), for “a licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ a water supply licensee or a sewerage licensee ”;

b

the “or” following paragraph (a) is repealed;

c

in paragraph (b), for “licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ water supply licensee ”;

d

in paragraph (b), for “its” there is substituted “the licensee's”;

e

at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted

, or

c

a person whose premises are served by a sewerage licensee in accordance with the licensee's retail authorisation using the undertaker's sewerage system.

5

In subsection (8)—

a

for “of a licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ of a water supply licensee or of a sewerage licensee ”;

b

for “section 17A(2)” there is substituted “ Schedule 2A or Schedule 2B, as the case may be, ”.