Provisions of the 2014 Act coming into force on 1st September 20163

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

a

subsection (3) of section 1 (types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (e);

b

subsection (3) of section 4 (types of sewerage licence and arrangements with sewerage undertakers) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (f);

c

section 34 (register relating to undertakers and licensees) as follows—

i

subsection (3) so far as it inserts subsection (3D)(b) and (d) into section 195 of the 1991 Act7; and

ii

subsection (1) so far as it relates to that provision;

d

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

e

paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 (water undertakers’ duties as regards water supply licensees) so far as—

i

it substitutes section 66E of the 1991 Act8, but only in relation to rules about charges that may be imposed by a water undertaker under a section 66D agreement9 where a water supply licensee with a retail authorisation or a restricted retail authorisation is a party to that agreement; and

ii

it inserts sections 66EA, 66EB(8), 66EC and 66ED into the 1991 Act;

f

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

i

section 117I so far as it relates to rules about charges that may be imposed by a sewerage undertaker under a section 117E agreement10 where a sewerage licensee with a retail authorisation is a party to that agreement;

ii

section 117J;

iii

section 117K(2)(e) and (8); and

iv

section 117L; and

g

in Schedule 7 (further amendments)—

i

paragraph 3(8)(b) so far as it relates to sections 66E, 66EA, 66EC, 66ED, 117I, 117J and 117L of the 1991 Act; and

ii

paragraphs 2 and 3(1), (2) and (8)(a) and (c) so far as they relate to those provisions.