15(1)Section 17F (procedure for granting water supply licences) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In the title, after “water supply” there is inserted “ and sewerage ”.
(3)In subsection (4)—
(a)the words “the Secretary of State or” are repealed;
(b)the words “he or”, in each place they occur, are repealed.
(4)In subsection (7)—
(a)the words “the Secretary of State or” are repealed;
(b)for paragraph (g) there is substituted—
“(g)on each water supply licensee and sewerage licensee (other than the holder of the licence in question);”;
(c)paragraph (h) is repealed;
(d)in paragraph (i), the words “if the licence or variation is granted by the Authority,” are repealed.
(5)In subsection (8), the words “by the Secretary of State or” are repealed.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 15(1) in force at 1.1.2016 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/1938, art. 3(f)(vi)
I2Sch. 7 para. 15(1) in force at 1.4.2016 for specified purposes by S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(m), Sch. 1 para. 1(i) (with Sch. 2)
I3Sch. 7 para. 15(2)(4)(b) in force at 1.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(m), Sch. 1 para. 1(i) (with Sch. 2)
I4Sch. 7 para. 15(3)(4)(a)(c)(d)(5) in force at 1.1.2016 by S.I. 2015/1938, art. 3(f)(v)