In each instrument made under sections 6 and 7 of the WIA appointing a company to be a water or sewerage undertaker, each reference, however expressed, to the Director General of Water Services (or to him as the Director) is to have effect as a reference to the Water Services Regulation Authority (or, as the case may be, the Authority), and accordingly in those instruments “he”, “him” and cognate expressions, in relation to the Director General of Water Services, are to have effect as “it” (or the appropriate equivalent) in relation to the Water Services Regulation Authority.

In regulation 7 (discharges of industrial waste water to collecting systems or treatment plants) of the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England & Wales) Regulations 1994 M2, in paragraphs (1) and (7), for “Director General of Water Services”, in each place where it appears, there is substituted “ Water Services Regulation Authority ”.

In regulation 10 (enforcement) of the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, in paragraph (2)(b), for “Director” there is substituted “ Authority ”.

In the Schedule to the Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) Order 1999 M3, for “Director General of Water Services” there is substituted “ Water Services Regulation Authority ”.

In regulation 3 (assistance to be provided) of the Water Industry (Charges) (Vulnerable Groups) Regulations 1999 M4, in paragraphs (2) and (3), for “Director” there is substituted “ Authority ”.

In regulation 3 (areas of water scarcity) of the Water Industry (Prescribed Conditions) Regulations 1999 M5, in paragraph (3)(a), for “Director” there is substituted “ Authority ”.

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In regulation 39 (contraventions by water undertakers) of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2001, for “Director” there is substituted “ Authority ”.

In regulation 12 (river basin management plans: public participation) of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 M6, in paragraph (4)(b), for “Director General of Water Services” there is substituted “ Water Services Regulation Authority ”.

In Schedule 1 (river basin management plans: public participation) to the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004 M7, in sub-paragraph (4)(c) of paragraph 8, for “Director General of Water Services” there is substituted “ Water Services Regulation Authority ”.

In regulation 3 (areas of water scarcity) of the Water Industry (Prescribed Conditions) (Undertakers Wholly or Mainly in Wales) Regulations 2004 M8, in paragraph (3)(a), for “Director” there is substituted “ Authority ”.