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Public Bill Committee: 10 December 2013                  

174

 

Water Bill, continued

 
 

Dan Rogerson

 

39

 

Clause  35,  page  71,  leave out lines 23 to 28.

 

 

Dan Rogerson

 

103

 

Clause  36,  page  71,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘“General guidance on charges’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

104

 

Clause  36,  page  71,  line  34,  leave out ‘Guidance relating to rules about’ and insert

 

‘General guidance on’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

105

 

Clause  36,  page  71,  line  35,  leave out from beginning to end of line 2 on page 72

 

and insert—

 

‘(1)    

The Minister must issue guidance about the principles to be applied by the

 

Authority in determining the provisions of—

 

(a)    

rules under section 66E;

 

(b)    

rules under section 117I;

 

(c)    

rules under section 143B.

 

(1A)    

The Minister may issue guidance about the principles to be applied by the

 

Authority in determining the provisions of—

 

(a)    

rules under section 40E;

 

(b)    

rules under section 51CD;

 

(c)    

rules issued in accordance with regulations under section 66M;

 

(d)    

rules under section 105ZF;

 

(e)    

rules under section 110F;

 

(f)    

rules under section 144ZA.

 

(1B)    

Guidance under subsection (1) or (1A) may include other guidance about the

 

provisions of any of the rules mentioned in subsection (1) or (1A).

 

(1C)    

The Minister may issue guidance about the principles to be applied by the

 

Authority in determining the contents of other documents produced by the

 

Authority about charges that may be imposed by relevant undertakers or water

 

supply or sewerage licensees.

 

(1D)    

Guidance under subsection (1C) may include other guidance about the contents

 

of the documents mentioned in subsection (1C).’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

144

 

Clause  36,  page  72,  leave out lines 4 and 5 and insert ‘when making rules to which the

 

guidance relates (as well as to any guidance relating to those rules issued under another

 

provision of this Act).’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 December 2013                  

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Water Bill, continued

 
 

Dan Rogerson

 

145

 

Clause  36,  page  72,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

If—

 

(a)    

the Minister issues guidance under this section in respect of rules made

 

under a particular provision, and

 

(b)    

the Authority, having regard to that guidance, considers that it is

 

appropriate to revise rules made by it under that provision,

 

    

the Authority must issue revised rules under that provision.’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

106

 

Clause  36,  page  72,  line  6,  leave out ‘the guidance’ and insert ‘guidance under this

 

section’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

107

 

Clause  36,  page  72,  line  19,  leave out ‘the guidance’ and insert ‘guidance issued

 

under this section’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

188

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  36,  page  72,  line  27,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert ‘includes

 

part or all of’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

189

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  36,  page  72,  line  29,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert ‘includes

 

part or all of’.

 

 

Dan Rogerson

 

40

 

Clause  37,  page  74,  line  46,  leave out from ‘exercised’ to end of line 47 and

 

insert—

 

‘(i)    

in relation to a relevant undertaker whose area is wholly or

 

mainly in England,

 

(ii)    

in relation to a water supply licensee using the supply system of

 

such an undertaker (see section 17B), or

 

(iii)    

in relation to a sewerage licensee using the sewerage system of

 

such an undertaker (see section 17BA);’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

41

 

Clause  37,  page  74,  line  49,  leave out from ‘exercised’ to end of line 50 and

 

insert—

 

‘(i)    

in relation to a relevant undertaker whose area is wholly or

 

mainly in Wales, or

 

(ii)    

in relation to a water supply licensee using the supply system of

 

such an undertaker (see section 17B);’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 December 2013                  

176

 

Water Bill, continued

 
 

Hywel Williams

 

191

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  37,  page  74,  line  47,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert ‘includes

 

part or all of’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

192

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  37,  page  74,  line  50,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert ‘includes

 

part or all of’.

 

 

Dan Rogerson

 

146

 

Clause  39,  page  77,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

References in this section to provision made by or under this Part include

 

references to provision made under section 52 or 53 in connection with this Part.’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

193

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  39,  page  77,  line  27,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert ‘includes

 

part or all of’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

194

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  39,  page  77,  line  32,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert ‘includes

 

part or all of’.

 

 

Dan Rogerson

 

126

 

Schedule  7,  page  142,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(1ZA)    

Before determining the standard conditions, the Secretary of State must consult

 

the Welsh Ministers as regards conditions relating to a restricted retail

 

authorisation or a supplementary authorisation.’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

127

 

Schedule  7,  page  151,  line  31,  after ‘1A’ insert ‘of this Part’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

128

 

Schedule  7,  page  155,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘          

In section 47 (conditions of connection with water main), in subsection (1), for

 

“sections 48 to” substitute “sections 49 and”.’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

129

 

Schedule  7,  page  155,  line  39,  at end insert—

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 December 2013                  

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Water Bill, continued

 
 

‘          

In section 55 (supplies for non-domestic purposes), in subsection (1A)(b), after

 

“17C above) or” insert “, in the case of premises to be supplied using the

 

supply system of a water undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in

 

Wales,”.’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

162

 

Schedule  7,  page  155,  line  42,  leave out from beginning to end of line 16 on page

 

156 and insert—

 

    ‘( )  

In subsection (1)—

 

(a)    

for “the following provisions of this section” there is substituted

 

“subsections (1A) to (6)”;

 

(b)    

after “cut off a supply of water to any premises,” there is inserted “if

 

subsection (1ZA) or (1ZB) applies.

 

“(1ZA)    

This subsection applies”.

 

      ( )  

After the subsection (1ZA) so formed there is inserted—

 

“(1ZB)    

This subsection applies if a water supply licensee requests the

 

undertaker to disconnect the service pipe or otherwise cut off the

 

supply of water to the premises.

 

(1ZC)    

A water supply licensee may make a request under subsection (1ZB)

 

only if—

 

(a)    

the occupier of the premises is liable under an agreement with

 

the licensee to pay charges to the licensee in respect of the

 

supply of water to the premises,

 

(b)    

the licensee has served notice on the occupier requiring

 

payment of charges due,

 

(c)    

the occupier has failed to pay the charges before the end of the

 

period of seven days beginning with the day after the notice

 

was served, and

 

(d)    

that period has expired.”

 

      ( )  

In subsection (2)—

 

(a)    

in paragraph (a), for “subsection (1)” there is substituted “subsection

 

(1ZA)”;

 

(b)    

in the words following paragraph (b), for “that subsection” there is

 

substituted “subsection (1)”.

 

      ( )  

After subsection (2) there is inserted—

 

“(2A)    

Where—

 

(a)    

a water supply licensee has served a notice for the purposes of

 

subsection (1ZC)(b) on a person, and

 

(b)    

within the period of seven days mentioned in subsection

 

(1ZC)(c), the person serves a counter-notice on the licensee

 

stating that he disputes his liability to pay the charges in

 

question,

 

    

the licensee may not make a request under subsection (1ZB) in relation

 

to the premises except at a time when that person is the occupier of the

 

premises and those charges are enforceable against that person in a

 

manner specified in subsection (3).

 

      ( )  

In subsection (3)—

 

(a)    

after “subsection (2)” there is inserted “or (2A)”;

 
 

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Water Bill, continued

 
 

(b)    

in paragraph (a), after “the undertaker” there is inserted “or, as the case

 

may be, the licensee”;

 

(c)    

in paragraph (b), after “the undertaker” there is inserted “or, as the case

 

may be, the licensee”.’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

163

 

Schedule  7,  page  156,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

    ‘( )  

In subsection (5)—

 

(a)    

in paragraph (b)—

 

(i)    

after “those premises” there is inserted “(“the primary

 

premises”)”;

 

(ii)    

after “other premises” there is inserted “(“the secondary

 

premises”)”;

 

(b)    

in the words after paragraph (b)—

 

(i)    

for “those other premises” there is substituted “the secondary

 

premises”;

 

(ii)    

for “the premises in relation to which the charges are due”

 

there is substituted “the primary premises”;

 

(iii)    

for “the other premises” there is substituted “the secondary

 

premises”.

 

      ( )  

After subsection (5) there is inserted—

 

“(6)    

The undertaker may not cut off the supply to the secondary premises

 

in reliance on subsection (5) if—

 

(a)    

in a case where the undertaker is exercising the power in

 

subsection (1) because charges are due to it, the secondary

 

premises are supplied by a person other than the undertaker;

 

(b)    

in a case where the undertaker is exercising the power in

 

subsection (1) because of a request for disconnection under

 

subsection (1ZB), the secondary premises are supplied by a

 

person other than the licensee which made that request.”’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

164

 

Schedule  7,  page  162,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

in the definition of “protected land”, in paragraph (b), for “section 218”

 

there is substituted “section 217”.’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

165

 

Schedule  7,  page  162,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672)

 

‘92A      

In Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions)

 

Order 1999, in the entry relating to the Water Industry Act 1991—

 

(a)    

for “licensed water suppliers” there is substituted “water supply

 

licensees”;

 
 

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Water Bill, continued

 
 

(b)    

for “licensed water supplier”, in each place those words occur, there is

 

substituted “water supply licensee.’.

 

 

Dan Rogerson

 

42

 

Clause  41,  page  77,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

The Water Resources Act 1991 is amended as follows.’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

43

 

Clause  41,  page  77,  line  38,  leave out ‘of the Water Resources Act 1991’.

 

Dan Rogerson

 

44

 

Clause  41,  page  77,  line  41,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Section 61A (recovery of compensation from new licence-holder) is repealed.’.

 

 

Roger Williams

 

166

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  44,  page  85,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘(ba)    

limiting the liability in nuisance for a riparian owner when the

 

Environment Agency or relevant Authority withdraws from maintenance

 

of flood defences, or’.

 

 

Hywel Williams

 

198

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  7,  page  138,  line  25,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert

 

‘includes part or all of’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

199

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  7,  page  153,  line  32,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert

 

‘includes part or all of’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

200

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  7,  page  154,  line  20,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert

 

‘includes part or all of’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

201

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  7,  page  154,  line  23,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert

 

‘includes part or all of’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 10 December 2013                  

180

 

Water Bill, continued

 
 

Hywel Williams

 

202

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  7,  page  155,  line  38,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert

 

‘includes part or all of’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

203

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  7,  page  157,  line  34,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert

 

‘includes part or all of’.

 

 

Hywel Williams

 

195

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  42,  page  79,  line  3,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert ‘includes

 

part or all of’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

196

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  42,  page  82,  line  14,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert ‘includes

 

part or all of’.

 

 

Dan Rogerson

 

1

 

Page  89,  line  3,  leave out Clause 47.

 

 

Hywel Williams

 

197

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  49,  page  90,  line  3,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert ‘includes

 

part or all of’.

 

 

Hywel Williams

 

204

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  9,  page  172,  line  17,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert

 

‘includes part or all of’.

 

Hywel Williams

 

205

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  9,  page  172,  line  25,  leave out ‘is wholly or mainly in’ and insert

 

‘includes part or all of’.

 
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