Transitional provision in respect of wholesale authorisations3.

(1)

Until paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act comes into force to the extent that it substitutes section 66B(1) of the 1991 Act, the Authority must not grant a water supply licence with a wholesale authorisation under section 17A(1) of the 1991 Act6.

(2)

The restriction in paragraph (1) does not apply if a water supply licence with a wholesale authorisation is granted to—

(a)

a person who has a water supply licence with a retail authorisation; or

(b)

a person who has applied for a water supply licence with a retail authorisation.