Code for Adoption Agreements - Water sector documents: Change proposal 011
| Date | 24 January 2023 |
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Code for Adoption Agreements
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Water sector documents: Change proposal 011
Modification proposal
Water Sector Guidance Appendix H – Panel Terms of Reference:
Update to reflect actual working practicalities
Independent Water Adoption
Panel Recommendation
The Panel recommended approving the change proposal
Decision
Ofwat has approved this change proposal
Publication date
24 01 2023
Implementation date
31 01 2023
Background
The Independent Water Adoption Panel (the Panel) submitted this change proposal to Ofwat
on 19 October 2022 with the Panel publishing the proposal on its website on the same day.
The function of the Panel is to consider change proposals to the water sector guidance and
model water adoption agreement (the Water Sector Documents) which apply to
companies operating wholly or mainly in England. These documents were developed by
companies as required by the Code for Adoption Agreements (the Code) and came into
effect in January 2021. A change proposal is defined in the Code as a proposed change to the
sector guidance or the model adoption agreements. In the case of this change proposal, the
Panel itself submitted the proposal.
The change proposed by the Panel concerns the terms of reference in Appendix H of the
Water Sector Guidance – Panel Terms of Reference (ToR), under which the Panel operates.
The main change is to incorporate a recent change we made to the Code to increase the
length of time by which the Panel is required to make recommendations to us on proposed
changes to the water sector documents (the Panel Review Period). The Panel has proposed
several updates to the appendix to the ToR to better reflect the practicalities of how the Panel
operates; however the changes to the appendix to the ToR can be made without our approval.
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