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This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2017/462 (C. 41) and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

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2017 No. 926 (C. 78)

Water Industry, England And Wales

The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2017

Made

18th September 2017

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 94(3) of the Water Act 2014(1).

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2017.

Amendment of the Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017

2.—(1) The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017(2) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (d) of article 4 (provisions of the 2014 Act coming into force on 1st October 2017), for sub-paragraphs (ii) to (iv) substitute—

(ii)paragraph 92 so far as it relates to a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England;

(iii)paragraph 95 so far as it relates to a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England;

(iv)paragraph 98 as follows—

(aa)sub-paragraph (1) so far as it relates to paragraph (bb);

(bb)sub-paragraph (2) so far as it relates to a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England..

(3) In paragraph (e) of article 5 (provisions of the 2014 Act coming into force on 1st April 2018)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (i), for “and (iii)” substitute “to (iv)”;

(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (ii), insert “so far as they relate to a water undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England”;

(c)for sub-paragraph (iii) substitute—

(iii)paragraphs 87 and 88 so far as they relate to a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England;

(iv)paragraph 89 as follows—

(aa)sub-paragraph (a);

(bb)sub-paragraph (b) so far as it relates to a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England..

Thérèse Coffey

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

18th September 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/462 (C. 41)) so that the commencement of certain provisions of Schedule 7 to the Water Act 2014 (c. 21) only applies to wholly or mainly English water or sewerage undertakers and does not apply to wholly or mainly Welsh water or sewerage undertakers.

Impact assessments of the effect that the Water Act 2014 will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector are available from the Water Services Team, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR and are published alongside the Water Act 2014 at www.legislation.gov.uk. No separate impact assessment has been produced for this instrument.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Water Act 2014 have been brought into force by a commencement order made before the date of this Order (not including the provisions commenced by the Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017 which is amended by this Order):

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.I. No.
Section 1 (partially)1st September 20152015/773
Section 1 (partially)1st September 20152015/1469
1st January 2016Section 1 (partially)2015/1938
Section 1 (partially)1st April 20162016/465
Section 1 (partially)1st September 20162016/465
Section 1 (partially)1st November 20162016/1007
Section 4 (partially)1st September 20152015/773
Section 4 (partially)1st September 20152015/1469
Section 4 (partially)1st January 20162015/1938
Section 4 (partially)1st April 20162016/465
Section 4 (partially)1st September 20162016/465
Section 6 (partially)18th December 20152015/1938
Section 6 (for all remaining purposes)1st April 20162016/465
Section 7 (partially)20th November 20152015/360 (S.S.I.)
Section 7 (for all remaining purposes)1st April 20162016/48 (S.S.I.)
Section 8 (partially)6th April 20152015/773
Section 8 (partially)1st November 20162016/1007
Section 9 (partially)1st November 20162016/1007
Section 10 (partially)18th December 20152015/1938
Section 11 (partially)18th December 20152015/1938
Section 14 (partially)6th April 20152015/773
Section 14 (for all remaining purposes)18th December 20152015/1938
Section 16 (partially)15th July 20152015/1469
Section 16 (for all remaining purposes)1st November 20152015/1469
Section 17 (partially)6th April 20152015/773
Section 17 (partially)15th July 20152015/1469
Section 17 (partially)1st April 20162016/465
Section 22 (for all remaining purposes)18th December 20152015/1938
Section 23 (partially)1st January 20152014/3320
Section 23 (partially)6th April 20152015/773
Section 23 (for all remaining purposes)1st April 20162016/465
Section 246th April 20152015/773
Section 25 (for all remaining purposes)1st April 20162016/465
Section 29 (partially)1st January 20152014/3320
Section 29 (partially)15th July 20152015/1469
Section 29 (for all remaining purposes)1st November 20162016/1007
Section 30 (partially)1st January 20152014/3320
Section 30 (partially)15th July 20152015/1469
Section 30 (for all remaining purposes)1st November 20162016/1007
Section 32 (partially)6th March 20172017/58
Section 34 (partially)1st September 20162016/465
Section 371st April 20162016/465
Section 38 (partially)1st January 20152014/3320
Section 38 (partially)6th April 20152015/773
Section 38 (for all remaining purposes)1st April 20162016/465
Section 40 (partially)14th July 20142014/1823
Section 40 (partially)1st November 20162016/1007
Section 411st November 20152015/1786 (W.249)
Sections 42 to 476th April 20152015/773
Section 496th April 20152015/773
Sections 51 and 526th April 20152015/773
Section 53 (partially)6th April 20152015/773
Section 551st January 20152014/3320
Section 56 (partially)1st January 20152014/3320
Section 56 (partially)15th July 20152015/1469
Section 56 (partially)1st September 20152015/1469
Section 56 (partially)1st November 20152015/1469
Section 56 (partially)18th December 20152015/1938
Section 56 (partially)1st January 20162015/1938
Section 56 (partially)1st April 20162016/465
Section 56 (partially)1st September 20162016/465
Section 56 (partially)1st November 20162016/1007
Section 56 (partially)6th March 20172017/58
Section 591st October 20142014/1823
Sections 64 to 681st January 20152014/3320
Section 69 (for all remaining purposes)1st January 20152014/3320
Section 82 (partially)1st January 20152014/3320
Sections 83 and 841st January 20152014/3320
Schedule 11st January 20162015/1938
Schedule 2 (partially)1st September 20152015/773
Schedule 2 (partially)1st September 20152015/1469
Schedule 2 (partially)1st April 20162016/465
Schedule 2 (partially)1st September 20162016/465
Schedule 31st January 20162015/1938
Schedule 4 (partially)1st September 20152015/773
Schedule 4 (partially)1st September 20152015/1469
Schedule 4 (partially)1st April 20162016/465
Schedule 4 (partially)1st September 20162016/465
Schedule 61st April 20162016/465
Schedule 7 (partially)1st January 20152014/3320
Schedule 7 (partially)15th July 20152015/1469
Schedule 7 (partially)1st September 20152015/1469
Schedule 7 (partially)1st November 20152015/1469
Schedule 7 (partially)18th December 20152015/1938
Schedule 7 (partially)1st January 20162015/1938
Schedule 7 (partially)1st April 20162016/465
Schedule 7 (partially)1st September 20162016/465
Schedule 7 (partially)1st November 20162016/1007
Schedule 7 (partially)6th March 20172017/58
Schedule 914th July 20142014/1823
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2014 c. 21. The power in section 94(3) to appoint a day on which the remaining provisions of the Water Act 2014 come into force is vested in the “appropriate authority”. Section 94(6) provides that the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State except as stated in the table in Schedule 12.

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