Water Act 2014

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Jurisdiction	UK Non-devolved
Citation	2014 c. 21
Year	2014

Contenidos

Water Act 2014
Part 1: Water industry

CHAPTER 1: Water supply licences and sewerage licences

Expansion of water supply licensing
Introduction of sewerage licences
Application as regards Wales
Licensing arrangements between England and Wales and Scotland

CHAPTER 2: Water and sewerage undertakers

Arrangements between relevant undertakers
Agreements to adopt infrastructure
Arrangements for water undertakers to take water
Appointments and variations
Duty of CMA to refer mergers of relevant undertakers
Relevant undertakers' charges
Sustainable drainage

CHAPTER 3: Regulation of the water industry

General duties of the Water Services Regulation Authority
Regulation of relevant undertakers, water supply licensees and sewerage licensees
Appeals relating to codes
Guidance relating to rules about charges
Adjudication functions
Drinking water inspectorate
Provision of public sewers: premises in Wales

CHAPTER 4: Retail exit: non-household premises

42: Retail exit: non-household premises
43: Application for retail exit
44: Eligible licensees
45: Transfer of undertaking
46: Operation of retail market
47: Operation of retail market: charges etc
48: Exit applications: further provision
49: Modification of appointment and licence conditions
50: General directions
51: Exit regulations: general
52: Interpretation
53: Procedure

CHAPTER 5: Miscellaneous

54: Consumer redress
55: Modification of appointment and licence conditions
56: Further amendments

Part 2: Water resources

57: Report on water abstraction reform
58: Withdrawal of compensation for undertakers
59: Main rivers in England and Wales
60: Maps of waterworks

Part 3: Environmental regulation

61: Regulation of the water environment
62: Environmental regulation: procedure
63: Repeal of certain provisions about culverts

Part 4: Flood insurance

The Flood Reinsurance Scheme

64: The Flood Reinsurance Scheme
65: Scheme administrator
66: Scheme funding
67: Scheme administration
68: Replacement of the scheme or administrator
69: Disclosure of HMRC council tax information

Flood insurance obligations

70: Flood insurance obligations
71: Target number
72: Information
73: Section 72: further provision
74: Register of premises subject to greater flood risk
75: Functions of relevant bodies
76: Reviews and appeals
77: Expenses of relevant bodies
78: Compliance reports
79: Functions of the FCA
80: Reports by the FCA
81: Intervention by the FCA or the PRA

General

82: Interpretation
83: Period of operation
84: Regulations and orders

Part 5: Miscellaneous

85: Internal drainage boards: procedure for orders confirming reorganisation
86: Internal drainage boards in England: alternative procedure for byelaws
87: Publication requirements under the Land Drainage Act 1991
88: Sustainable drainage systems: non-performance bonds
89: Amendments relating to Regional Flood and Coastal Committees

Part 6: General and final

90: Power to make consequential provision
91: Transitional, transitory or saving provision
92: Financial provisions
93: Extent
94: Commencement
95: Short title

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1: (Section 1) Water supply licences: authorisations
SCHEDULE 2: (Section 1) Water undertakers' duties as regards water supply licensees
SCHEDULE 3: (Section 4) Sewerage licences: authorisations
SCHEDULE 4: (Section 4) Sewerage undertakers' duties as regards sewerage licensees

SCHEDULE 5: (Section 5) Extension of licensing provisions in relation to Wales
SCHEDULE 6: (Section 37) Procedure on appeals under section 207A of the Water Industry Act 1991
SCHEDULE 7: (Section 56) Further amendments

Water Act 1989 (c 15)
Water Industry Act 1991 (c 56)
Water Resources Act 1991 (c 57)
The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (SI 1999/672)
Enterprise Act 2002 (c 40)
Water Act 2003 (c 37)
Government of Wales Act 2006 (c 32)
Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c 17)
Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c 29)

SCHEDULE 8: (Section 61) Regulation of the water environment

Part 1: Purposes for which provision may be made
Part 2: Supplementary provision

SCHEDULE 9: (Section 87) Publication requirements under the Land Drainage Act 1991
SCHEDULE 10: (Section 89) Amendments relating to Regional Flood and Coastal Committees

Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (c 67)
Local Government Act 1974 (c 7)
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c 24)
Land Drainage Act 1991 (c 59)
Water Resources Act 1991 (c 57)
Environment Act 1995 (c 25)
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c 36)
Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (c 10)
The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (SI 1999/672)

SCHEDULE 11: (Section 91(5)) Orders under section 91: further provision

Introductory
Changes in water supply licensing
Modification of conditions of old water supply licences
Changes in water supply licensing: Wales
Introduction of sewerage licensing
New retail authorisations and the threshold requirement
Modifications relating to new wholesale authorisations
Modifications relating to new supplementary authorisations
Old section 66D agreements and new water supply licences
New section 66E and old section 66D agreements
Interpretation

SCHEDULE 12: (Section 94(5)) Commencement orders: appropriate authority

Water Act 2014

2014 CHAPTER 21

An Act to make provision about the water industry; about compensation for modification of licences to abstract water; about main river maps; about records of waterworks; for the regulation of the water environment; about the provision of flood insurance for household premises; about internal drainage boards; about Regional Flood and Coastal Committees; and for connected purposes.

[14th May 2014]

e it enacted

by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Part 1: Water industry

CHAPTER 1: Water supply licences and sewerage licences

Expansion of water supply licensing

1: Types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers

(1)

For section 17A of the Water Industry Act 1991 there is substituted—

(17A)

Water supply licences

(1)

The...

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