Provisions of the 2014 Act coming into force on 1st April 20162

The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 1st April 2016—

a

section 1 (types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers) as follows—

i

subsection (1) so far as it—

aa

substitutes section 17A(1) of the 1991 Act3, but only in relation to the grant of a water supply licence with a retail authorisation or a restricted retail authorisation;

bb

substitutes section 17A(7) of the 1991 Act; and

cc

inserts section 17AA(3) to (5) into the 1991 Act; and

ii

subsection (3) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (j);

b

section 4 (types of sewerage licence and arrangements with sewerage undertakers) as follows—

i

subsection (1) so far as it inserts—

aa

section 17BA(1) into the 1991 Act, but only in relation to the grant of a sewerage licence with a retail authorisation;

bb

section 17BA(7) into the 1991 Act; and

cc

section 17BB(2) to (4) into the 1991 Act; and

ii

subsection (3) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (k);

c

section 6 (arrangements with the Water Industry Commission for Scotland) so far as not already in force;

d

section 17 (rules about charges for connections etc)4 so far as not already in force;

e

section 23 (general duty as regards undue preference in the provision of services)5 so far as not already in force;

f

section 25 (procedure for granting water supply and sewerage licences) so far as not already in force;

g

section 37 (appeals relating to revisions of codes);

h

section 38 (guidance relating to rules about charges)6 so far as not already in force;

i

section 56 (further amendments) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (m);

j

Schedule 2 (water undertakers’ duties as regards water supply licensees) as follows—

i

paragraph 4 so far as it inserts section 66DB(1) into the 1991 Act and is not already in force;

ii

paragraph 9(2) and (3); and

iii

paragraph 9(1) so far as it relates to the provisions in sub-paragraph (ii);

k

Schedule 4 (sewerage undertakers’ duties as regards sewerage licensees) so far as it inserts the following provisions into the 1991 Act—

i

section 117G(2)(e);

ii

section 117P(4); and

iii

sections 117R and 117S;

l

Schedule 6 (procedure on appeals under section 207A of the Water Industry Act 1991); and

m

the provisions of Schedule 7 (further amendments) specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.