Citation and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1991 Act” means the Water Industry Act 1991(1);
“the 2014 Act” means the Water Act 2014;
“the Authority” means the Water Services Regulation Authority;
“new retail authorisation” means a retail authorisation given by a new water supply licence;
“new supplementary authorisation” means a supplementary authorisation given by a new water supply licence;
“new water supply licence” means a water supply licence granted under new section 17A of the 1991 Act(2) and “new water supply licensee” is to be construed accordingly;
“new wholesale authorisation” means a wholesale authorisation given by a new water supply licence;
“old water supply licence” means a water supply licence granted under old section 17A of the 1991 Act(3) and “old water supply licensee” is to be construed accordingly;
“relevant undertaker” means a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker;
“threshold requirement” is to be construed in accordance with old section 17D of the 1991 Act(4), as the requirement applies to premises supplied with water using the supply system of a water undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England.
(3) In this Order—
(a)a reference to an old provision is a reference to a provision of the 1991 Act as it had effect before the coming into force of an amendment or repeal of that provision made by the 2014 Act;
(b)a reference to a new provision is a reference to—
(i)a provision of the 1991 Act after an amendment of that provision made by the 2014 Act has come into force, or
(ii)a provision of the 1991 Act that was inserted by the 2014 Act.
Section 17A was substituted by section 1(1) of the 2014 Act.
Old section 17A was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Water Act 2003 (c.37).
Section 17D was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Water Act 2003 and amended by S.I. 2011/3014 and paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to the 2014 Act.