uksi/2017/58 — The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017

2017 No. 58 (C. 6) Water Industry, England And Wales The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017 Made 25th January 2017 The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 91(1) and 94(3) of the Water Act 2014 . Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017. 2 In this Order— “the 1991 Act ” means the Water Industry Act 1991 ; “the 2014 Act ” means the Water Act 2014. Provisions of the 2014 Act coming into force on 6th March 2017 2 The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 6th March 2017— a section 32 (interim duty: sewerage services) so far as it inserts section 110K into the 1991 Act; b section 56 (further amendments) so far as it relates to paragraph (c); c paragraph 64 of Schedule 7 (further amendments). Transitional provisions 3 1 The time specified in a notice served on a water undertaker under section 63AA(1) or section 63AB(1) of the 1991 Act after which the undertaker will no longer be required to provide a supply of water to the premises must not be before 1st April 2017. 2 The time specified in a notice served on a sewerage undertaker under section 110K(1) of the 1991 Act after which the undertaker will no longer be required to provide sewerage services to the premises must not be before 1st April 2017. Thérèse Coffey Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 25th January 2017 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order is the eighth commencement order made under the Water Act 2014 (c.21) (“the 2014 Act”) in relation to England and Wales. Article 2 commences provisions in the 2014 Act amending provisions of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c.56) which allow a water or sewerage undertaker’s non-household customers to notify the undertaker that water supply or sewerage services to their premises are instead to be provided by a water supply or sewerage licensee. The notice is to specify the time after which the undertaker will no longer be required to provide water supply or sewerage services to those premises. Article 3 contains a transitional provision so that the notice served cannot specify a date prior to 1st April 2017. Impact assessments of the effect that the 2014 Act 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 2014 Act 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 2014 Act have been brought into force by a commencement order made before the date of this Order: Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No. Section 1 (partially) 1st September 2015 2015/773 Section 1 (partially) 1st September 2015 2015/1469 Section 1 (partially) 1st January 2016 2015/1938 Section 1 (partially) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Section 1 (partially) 1st September 2016 2016/465 Section 1 (partially) 1st November 2016 2016/1007 Section 4 (partially) 1st September 2015 2015/773 Section 4 (partially) 1st September 2015 2015/1469 Section 4 (partially) 1st January 2016 2015/1938 Section 4 (partially) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Section 4 (partially) 1st September 2016 2016/465 Section 6 (partially) 18th December 2015 2015/1938 Section 6 (for all remaining purposes) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Section 7 (partially) 20th November 2015 2015/360 ( S.S.I. ) Section 7 (for all remaining purposes) 1st April 2016 2016/48 (S.S.I.) Section 8 (partially) 6th April 2015 2015/773 Section 8 (partially) 1st November 2016 2016/1007 Section 9 (partially) 1st November 2016 2016/1007 Section 10 (partially) 18th December 2015 2015/1938 Section 11 (partially) 18th December 2015 2015/1938 Section 14 (partially) 6th April 2015 2015/773 Section 14 (for all remaining purposes) 18th December 2015 2015/1938 Section 16 (partially) 15th July 2015 2015/1469 Section 16 (for all remaining purposes) 1st November 2015 2015/1469 Section 17 (partially) 6th April 2015 2015/773 Section 17 (partially) 15th July 2015 2015/1469 Section 17 (partially) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Section 22 (for all remaining purposes) 18th December 2015 2015/1938 Section 23 (partially) 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Section 23 (partially) 6th April 2015 2015/773 Section 23 (for all remaining purposes) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Section 24 6th April 2015 2015/773 Section 25 (for all remaining purposes) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Section 29 (partially) 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Section 29 (partially) 15th July 2015 2015/1469 Section 29 (for all remaining purposes) 1st November 2016 2016/1007 Section 30 (partially) 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Section 30 (partially) 15th July 2015 2015/1469 Section 30 (for all remaining purposes) 1st November 2016 2016/1007 Section 34 (partially) 1st September 2016 2016/465 Section 37 1st April 2016 2016/465 Section 38 (partially) 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Section 38 (partially) 6th April 2015 2015/773 Section 38 (for all remaining purposes) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Section 40 (partially) 14th July 2014 2014/1823 Section 40 (partially) 1st November 2016 2016/1007 Section 41 1st November 2015 2015/1786 (W.249) Sections 42 to 47 6th April 2015 2015/773 Section 49 6th April 2015 2015/773 Sections 51 and 52 6th April 2015 2015/773 Section 53 (partially) 6th April 2015 2015/773 Section 55 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Section 56 (partially) 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Section 56 (partially) 15th July 2015 2015/1469 Section 56 (partially) 1st September 2015 2015/1469 Section 56 (partially) 1st November 2015 2015/1469 Section 56 (partially) 18th December 2015 2015/1938 Section 56 (partially) 1st January 2016 2015/1938 Section 56 (partially) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Section 56 (partially) 1st September 2016 2016/465 Section 56 (partially) 1st November 2016 2016/1007 Section 59 1st October 2014 2014/1823 Sections 64 to 68 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Section 69 (for all remaining purposes) 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Section 82 (partially) 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Sections 83 and 84 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Schedule 1 1st January 2016 2015/1938 Schedule 2 (partially) 1st September 2015 2015/773 Schedule 2 (partially) 1st September 2015 2015/1469 Schedule 2 (partially) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Schedule 2 (partially) 1st September 2016 2016/465 Schedule 3 1st January 2016 2015/1938 Schedule 4 (partially) 1st September 2015 2015/773 Schedule 4 (partially) 1st September 2015 2015/1469 Schedule 4 (partially) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Schedule 4 (partially) 1st September 2016 2016/465 Schedule 6 1st April 2016 2016/465 Schedule 7 (partially) 1st January 2015 2014/3320 Schedule 7 (partially) 15th July 2015 2015/1469 Schedule 7 (partially) 1st September 2015 2015/1469 Schedule 7 (partially) 1st November 2015 2015/1469 Schedule 7 (partially) 18th December 2015 2015/1938 Schedule 7 (partially) 1st January 2016 2015/1938 Schedule 7 (partially) 1st April 2016 2016/465 Schedule 7 (partially) 1st September 2016 2016/465 Schedule 7 (partially) 1st November 2016 2016/1007 Schedule 9 14th July 2014 2014/1823