SCHEDULE 2Transitional provisions, savings and revocations
2
During the period beginning with 1st April 2016 and ending with 3rd April 2017, in the following provisions of the 1991 Act, references to a water supply licence are to be read as including an old water supply licence, and references to a water supply licensee are to be read as including an old water supply licensee—
a
section 2 (general duties with respect to water industry);
b
section 2A (strategic priorities and objectives: England);
c
section 2B (strategic priorities and objectives: Wales);
d
sections 37A to 37D (water resources management plans);
e
section 39ZA (procedure for regulations under section 38ZA);
f
sections 39B and 39C (drought plans);
g
section 66DB (codes under section 66DA: procedure);
h
section 66EB (rules under section 66E: procedure);
i
section 144ZB (rules under section 144ZA: procedure);
j
section 144ZE (general guidance on charges); and
k
section 147 (charging for emergency use of water).