SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7Further amendments
Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)
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1
Section 17I (modification of licences by agreement) is amended as follows.
2
For the title there is substituted “
Modification of licences by agreement
”
.
3
In subsection (1) (power of Authority to modify licence), for the words from “conditions of” to the end there is substituted
conditions of—
a
a particular water supply licence, or
b
a particular sewerage licence.
4
In subsection (2)(b) (modification not to cause undue disadvantage)—
a
in sub-paragraph (i), after “water supply licences” there is inserted “
or, as the case may be, sewerage licences
”
;
b
in sub-paragraph (ii), after “a water supply licence” there is inserted “
or, as the case may be, a sewerage licence
”
.
5
In subsection (4)(b) (persons to be served with notice of proposed modifications), in sub-paragraph (iv), at the beginning there is inserted “if the notice relates to a water supply licence,”.
6
In subsection (5) (direction not to modify a condition), the words “(after consulting the Assembly)” are repealed.
7
After subsection (5) there is inserted—
5A
The Secretary of State is to consult the Welsh Ministers before giving a direction under subsection (5) in relation to a water supply licence.