Variation of the Appointments of Icosa Water Services Limited and Southern Water Services Limited as Sewerage Undertakers
| Date | 11 June 2020 |
WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY
WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1991, SECTIONS 6 TO 9
Variation of the Appointments of Icosa Water Services Limited and Southern Water
Services Limited as Sewerage Undertakers
Made on 10 June 2020
Coming into effect on 11 June 2020
1. Icosa Water Services Limited ("Icosa Water") and Southern Water Services Limited
("Southern Water") hold Appointments as water and sewerage undertakers for their
respective areas ("the Appointments").
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The areas to which the Appointments of Icosa
Water and Southern Water as water and sewerage undertakers relate ("Water Supply Area"
and "Sewerage Services Area") are set out in their Instruments of Appointment.
2. The site called Thanington, Canterbury, Kent which is shown edged in red on the plan
attached to this variation ("the Site") is within Southern Water's Sewerage Services Area.
The Site is being developed by Pentland Homes Ltd.
3. Icosa Water has applied under section 7(4)(a) of the Water Industry Act 1991 ("the Act") for
a variation of its Appointment as a sewerage undertaker to include the Site and for a
consequential variation of Southern Water's Appointment to exclude the Site.
4. On 27 June 1995, the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for
Wales acting jointly and pursuant to sections 6(1) and 7(2) of the Act authorised the
Director General of Water Services
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to make variations such as those contained in
paragraph 5 below. After public consultation, as required by section 8 of the Act, the Water
Services Regulation Authority has decided that it should grant Icosa Water's application.
5. Therefore, as provided by sections 7(2) and 7(4)(a) of the Act, and with the agreement of
Pentland Homes Limited, the Water Services Regulation Authority varies–
(a) the Appointment of Icosa Water as a sewerage undertaker so that the Site is
included in Icosa Water’s Sewerage Services Area; and
(b) the Appointment of Southern Water as a sewerage undertaker so that the Site is
excluded from Southern Water's Sewerage Services Area.
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Southern Water's origina l Appointments as water and sewe rage undertakers were made by the Secretary of State for the
Environmen t under sections 11 and 14 of the Water Act 1989, now replaced by section s 6 and 11 of the Water Indu stry Act 199 1.
Icosa Water’s origina l appointment was mad e by the Water Services Authority un der sections 6 and 11 of the Water Industry Act
1991.
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With effect from 1 April 2006 the functions of the Director General of Water Services were transferred to the Water Services
Regula tion Authority in accordan ce with section 36 of, and Schedul e 3 to, the Water Act 2003.
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