http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/21/section/6/2016-04-01Water Act 2014An Act to make provision about the water industry; about compensation for modification of licences to abstract water; about main river maps; about records of waterworks; for the regulation of the water environment; about the provision of flood insurance for household premises; about internal drainage boards; about Regional Flood and Coastal Committees; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-04-02Expert Participation2016-04-01 Water Act 2014specified provision(s)The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2017art. 2Water Act 2014specified provision(s)The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 10) (Amendment) Order 2019Gorchymyn Deddf Dŵr 2014 (Cychwyn Rhif 10) (Diwygio) 2019art. 2 Part 1 CHAPTER 161The Water Industry Act 1991 is amended as follows.2After section 17F (procedure for granting and varying licences) there is inserted—17FA1The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about—atreating a 2005 Act application for the grant of a water services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act as being also an application under section 17F for the grant of a water supply licence giving only a retail authorisation or a restricted retail authorisation or both;btreating a 2005 Act application for the grant of a sewerage services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act as being also an application under section 17F for the grant of a sewerage licence giving only a retail authorisation.2The regulations may in particular make provision about—athe circumstances in which, and the conditions subject to which, a 2005 Act application is to be treated as an application under section 17F for a water supply or sewerage licence giving a particular authorisation or particular authorisations;bthe time at which an application is to be treated as having been made;cthe processing of an application by the Authority.3Provision under subsection (2)(a) may require a 2005 Act application that is forwarded to the Authority—ato contain, or to be accompanied by, such information or information of such description as is specified by the regulations;bto be accompanied by such documents or documents of such descriptions as are specified by the regulations;cto be accompanied by a fee, or a fee of a description, specified by the regulations.4In this section and section 17FB—“the 2005 Act” means the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005;“2005 Act application” means an application under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2005 Act.17FB1If the conditions in subsection (2) are satisfied, the Authority must—aforward to the Commission a copy of an application under section 17F for the grant of a water supply licence or sewerage licence, andbsend to the Commission such information and such fee as appear to the Authority to be required in order that the application may be treated by the Commission as a 2005 Act application for the grant of—ia water services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act, oriia sewerage services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act, as the case may be.2The conditions are that—athe Authority is requested to do so by the applicant;bthe application under section 17F appears to the Authority to be an application that would be treated by the Commission as a 2005 Act application for the grant of—ia water services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act, oriia sewerage services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act, as the case may be;cthe applicant has given the Authority—isuch information as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b), andiia means of sending to the Commission such fee as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b).3The Authority must—aforward a copy of the application, andbsend such information and fee as are mentioned in subsection (1)(b),before the end of the agreed period for an application of that description.4In this section—“the agreed period”, in relation to an application under section 17F of a particular description, means the period agreed between the Authority and the Commission as the period applying to an application of that description for the purposes of subsection (3);“the Commission” means the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.S. 6(1) in force at 18.12.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/1938, art. 2(a)(i)S. 6(2) in force at 18.12.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/1938, art. 2(a)(ii)S. 6 in force at 1.4.2016 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(c) (with Sch. 2)