The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the eighth commencement order made under the Water Act 2014 (c.21) (“the 2014 Act”) in relation to England and Wales.

Article 2 commences provisions in the 2014 Act amending provisions of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c.56) which allow a water or sewerage undertaker’s non-household customers to notify the undertaker that water supply or sewerage services to their premises are instead to be provided by a water supply or sewerage licensee. The notice is to specify the time after which the undertaker will no longer be required to provide water supply or sewerage services to those premises. Article 3 contains a transitional provision so that the notice served cannot specify a date prior to 1st April 2017.

Impact assessments of the effect that the 2014 Act will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector are available from the Water Services Team, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR and are published alongside the 2014 Act at www.legislation.gov.uk . No separate impact assessment has been produced for this instrument.