SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Further amendments

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

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(1)

Section 17I (modification of licences by agreement) is amended as follows.

(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In subsection (5) (direction not to modify a condition), the words “(after consulting the Assembly)” are repealed.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.”