19(1)Section 17I (modification of licences by agreement) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)For the title there is substituted “ Modification of licences by agreement ”.
(3)In subsection (1) (power of Authority to modify licence), for the words from “conditions of” to the end there is substituted “conditions of—
(a)a particular water supply licence, or
(b)a particular sewerage licence.”
(4)In subsection (2)(b) (modification not to cause undue disadvantage)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (i), after “water supply licences” there is inserted “ or, as the case may be, sewerage licences ”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (ii), after “a water supply licence” there is inserted “ or, as the case may be, a sewerage licence ”.
(5)In subsection (4)(b) (persons to be served with notice of proposed modifications), in sub-paragraph (iv), at the beginning there is inserted “if the notice relates to a water supply licence,”.
(6)In subsection (5) (direction not to modify a condition), the words “(after consulting the Assembly)” are repealed.
(7)After subsection (5) there is inserted—
“(5A)The Secretary of State is to consult the Welsh Ministers before giving a direction under subsection (5) in relation to a water supply licence.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 19 in force at 1.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(m), Sch. 1 para. 1(j) (with Sch. 2)