SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Further amendments

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

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(1)

Section 17R (modification of licences by order under other enactments) is amended as follows.

(2)

For the title there is substituted “ Modification by order under other enactments ”.

(3)

In subsection (1) (power for the competition authorities and the Secretary of State to modify standard conditions in order to give effect to orders under the Enterprise Act 2002), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted—

“(a)

the conditions of a particular water supply or sewerage licence,

(b)

the standard conditions of water supply licences or sewerage licences, or

(c)

the standard conditions of water supply licences or sewerage licences that grant a particular authorisation or combination of authorisations,”.

(4)

In subsection (2) (identification of orders under the Enterprise Act 2002)—

(a)

in paragraph (a)(i), for “a retail licence or combined licence” there is substituted “ a water supply licence or sewerage licence ”;

(b)

in paragraph (a)(ii), for “a retail licence or combined licence” there is substituted “ a water supply licence or sewerage licence ”;

(c)

in paragraph (b), for “a retail licence or combined licence” there is substituted “ a water supply licence or sewerage licence ”.

(5)

In subsection (4) (changed standard conditions to be included in new licences and power to make incidental and consequential modifications of existing licences)—

(a)

for “subsection (1)(b)” there is substituted “ subsection (1)(b) or (c) ”;

(b)

for “the standard conditions of retail licences or combined licences” there is substituted “ the standard conditions of water supply licences or sewerage licences or of water supply licences or sewerage licences that grant a particular authorisation or combination of authorisations ”.

(6)

In subsection (5) (publication of modifications), for “retail licences or combined licences” there is substituted “ water supply licences or sewerage licences ”.