SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Further amendments

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

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1

Section 24 (special administration orders made on special petitions) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1A)—

a

in paragraphs (a) and (b), the words “(after consulting the Assembly)” are repealed;

b

in paragraph (b), before “the Authority” there is inserted “by”;

c

in the words following paragraph (b), for “qualifying licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ qualifying water supply licensee or qualifying sewerage licensee ”.

3

After subsection (1A) there is inserted—

1B

Before presenting a petition under subsection (1A) in relation to a qualifying water supply licensee whose licence gives it a supplementary authorisation, the Secretary of State or the Authority (as the case may be) must consult the Welsh Ministers.

4

In subsection (2)—

a

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

b

after paragraph (bb) there is inserted—

bc

in the case of a company which is a qualifying sewerage licensee, that—

i

action taken by the company has caused a contravention by a sewerage undertaker of any principal duty; and

ii

that action is serious enough to make it inappropriate for the company to continue to hold its licence;

c

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

5

In subsection (7)(b), for “qualifying licensed water supplier” there is substituted “ qualifying water supply licensee or a qualifying sewerage licensee ”.