Provisions of the 2014 Act coming into force on 1st September 20163.

The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 1st September 2016—

(a)

subsection (3) of section 1 (types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (e);

(b)

subsection (3) of section 4 (types of sewerage licence and arrangements with sewerage undertakers) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (f);

(c)

section 34 (register relating to undertakers and licensees) as follows—

(i)

subsection (3) so far as it inserts subsection (3D)(b) and (d) into section 195 of the 1991 Act7; and

(ii)

subsection (1) so far as it relates to that provision;

(d)

section 56 (further amendments) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (g);

(e)

paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 (water undertakers’ duties as regards water supply licensees) so far as—

(i)

it substitutes section 66E of the 1991 Act8, but only in relation to rules about charges that may be imposed by a water undertaker under a section 66D agreement9 where a water supply licensee with a retail authorisation or a restricted retail authorisation is a party to that agreement; and

(ii)

it inserts sections 66EA, 66EB(8), 66EC and 66ED into the 1991 Act;

(f)

Schedule 4 (sewerage undertakers’ duties as regards sewerage licensees) so far as it inserts the following provisions into the 1991 Act—

(i)

section 117I so far as it relates to rules about charges that may be imposed by a sewerage undertaker under a section 117E agreement10 where a sewerage licensee with a retail authorisation is a party to that agreement;

(ii)

section 117J;

(iii)

section 117K(2)(e) and (8); and

(iv)

section 117L; and

(g)

in Schedule 7 (further amendments)—

(i)

paragraph 3(8)(b) so far as it relates to sections 66E, 66EA, 66EC, 66ED, 117I, 117J and 117L of the 1991 Act; and

(ii)

paragraphs 2 and 3(1), (2) and (8)(a) and (c) so far as they relate to those provisions.