The Water Industry (Special Administration) (England and Wales) Rules 2024

Statement of affairs: release from requirement and extension of time (rule 3.33)

42.  Rule 3.33 has effect as if—

(a) in paragraph (5), for “the administrator” there were substituted “the interested parties”;

(b) in paragraph (6)—

(i) in the opening words, for “The administrator” there were substituted “An interested party”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for “the administrator” there were substituted “the interested party in question”;

(c) for paragraph (7) there were substituted—

“(7) If a report is filed by an interested party, the interested party in question must deliver a copy of the report to the applicant and each other interested party, not later than five business days before the hearing.”;”

(d) in paragraph (8), for “the administrator” there were substituted “the interested parties”;

(e) after paragraph (8), there were inserted—

“(9) For the purposes of this rule, each of the relevant authority, the Water Services Regulation Authority and the special administrator is an “interested party”, and “the interested parties” means each of them.”.