PART 1Citation, commencement and interpretation etc.

Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations—

  • “the 1991 Act” means the Water Industry Act 19914;

  • “acquiring licensee” has the meaning given by regulation 6;

  • “eligible sewerage licensee”, except in regulation 11, means a sewerage licensee whose name appears in the relevant list of eligible sewerage licensees maintained under regulation 58;

  • “eligible water supply licensee”, except in regulation 11, means a water supply licensee whose name appears in the relevant list of eligible water supply licensees maintained under regulation 43;

  • “exit application” means an application under regulation 4;

  • “exit date” has the meaning given by regulation 8;

  • “local statutory provision” means—

    1. a

      a provision of a local Act (including an Act confirming a provisional order);

    2. b

      a provision of so much of any public general Act as has effect with respect to a particular area, with respect to particular persons or works or with respect to particular provisions falling within any paragraph of this definition;

    3. c

      a provision of an instrument made under any provision falling within paragraph (a) or (b); or

    4. d

      a provision of any other instrument which is in the nature of a local enactment;

  • “relevant undertaker” means a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker;

  • “retail authorisation” has the meaning given—

    1. a

      for a water supply licence, in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2A to the 1991 Act5;

    2. b

      for a sewerage licence, in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2B to the 1991 Act6;

  • “sewerage services request” has the meaning given by regulation 51(2);

  • “sewerage system”, in relation to a sewerage undertaker, has the meaning given by section 17BA(7) of the 1991 Act7;

  • “supply system”, in relation to a water undertaker, has the meaning given by section 17B(4A) of the 1991 Act8;

  • “transferred premises” has the meaning given by regulation 7;

  • “transferred customer”, in relation to an acquiring licensee, means a customer whose premises are transferred premises in relation to the licensee;

  • “transfer scheme” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1;

  • “water supply request” has the meaning given by regulation 36(2).

2

For the purposes of these Regulations—

a

premises which are outside the area of a water undertaker that is withdrawing, or has withdrawn, from the non-household retail market are to be treated as being within the retail exit area9 if they are supplied with water using the undertaker’s supply system;

b

premises which are within the area of a water undertaker that is withdrawing, or has withdrawn, from the non-household retail market are to be treated as being outside the retail exit area if they are supplied with water using another undertaker’s supply system; and

c

any pipes of a water undertaker which are used for the purpose of supplying premises as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) are to be treated as being part of that undertaker’s supply system (if they would not otherwise be part of it).

3

For the purposes of these Regulations—

a

premises which are outside the area of a sewerage undertaker that is withdrawing, or has withdrawn, from the non-household retail market are to be treated as being within the retail exit area if they are provided with sewerage services using the undertaker’s sewerage system;

b

premises which are within the area of a sewerage undertaker that is withdrawing, or has withdrawn, from the non-household retail market are to be treated as being outside the retail exit area if they are supplied with sewerage services using another undertaker’s sewerage system; and

c

any sewers or drains of a sewerage undertaker which are used for the purpose of serving premises as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) are to be treated as being part of that undertaker’s sewerage system (if they would not otherwise be part of it).

4

Except where the context otherwise requires, expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as in the 1991 Act.