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(b)
provision about legal proceedings relating to anything done in

connection with the FR Scheme;

(c)
provision about the accounts of the FR Scheme;

(d)
provision about information held by the FR Scheme administrator.

(5)
The Treasury may by order amend subsection (1) so as to bring forward the day

on which sections (Functions of the FCA) to (Intervention by the FCA or the

PRA) are repealed.

(6)
The Treasury may by order make provision in consequence of the repeal of

sections (Functions of the FCA) to (Intervention by the FCA or the PRA),

including provision amending or repealing an enactment.’.

Regulations and orders

Dan Rogerson

Added  NC21

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
A power to make regulations or an order under this Part is exercisable by statutory

instrument.

(2)
A power to make regulations or an order under this Part includes power to make

different provision for different purposes and different areas.

(3)
A power to make regulations or an order under this Part includes power to make

incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional or transitory provision or

savings.

(4)
Subject to subsection (5), a statutory instrument containing regulations or an

order made under this Part is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of

either House of Parliament.

(5)
A statutory instrument containing—

(a)
regulations under section (Scheme funding)(1) (FR Scheme funding),

(b)
regulations under section (The register: expenses of relevant bodies)

(expenses of relevant bodies in connection with the register),

(c)
regulations under section (Functions of the FCA) (functions of FCA),

(d)
regulations under section (Intervention by the FCA or the PRA)

(intervention by FCA or PRA), or

(e)
an order under section (Period of operation) (period of operation),


may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and

approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.’.

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Disputes about the provision of public sewers: premises in Wales

Dan Rogerson

Added  NC22

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
Section 101A of the Water Industry Act 1991 (further duty to provide sewers) is

amended as follows.

(2)
In subsection (7)—

(a)
for “Any dispute” there is substituted “Subsections (7A) and (7B) apply

where there is a dispute”;

(b)
the words following paragraph (c) are repealed.

(3)
After subsection (7) there is inserted—

“(7A)
The dispute is to be determined by the appropriate person and may be

referred to the appropriate person for determination by either of the

parties to the dispute.

(7B)
If the dispute is between a sewerage undertaker and an owner or occupier

of premises in Wales, the NRBW must provide advice in relation to any

of the matters mentioned in subsection (7)(a) to (c) if so requested by—

(a)
either of the parties to the dispute, or

(b)
the appropriate person.

(7C)
Any advice provided by the NRBW under subsection (7B) must be

provided to both parties to the dispute and to the appropriate person.”

(4)
In subsections (8)(a) and (9), for “subsection (7)” there is substituted “subsection

(7A)”.

(5)
In subsections (8), (9), (10) and (11), for “appropriate agency”, in each place

those words occur, there is substituted “appropriate person”.

(6)
In subsection (11), in paragraph (b)—

(a)
for “the NRBW” there is substituted “the Welsh Ministers”;

(b)
at the end there is inserted “, or such person as the Welsh Ministers may

from time to time appoint as the appropriate person in relation to such

disputes.”

(7)
After subsection (11) there is inserted—

“(12)
A person may be appointed as the appropriate person under subsection

(11)(b) only if the person is independent of the NRBW.

(13)
A person is independent of the NRBW for the purposes of subsection

(12) if the person is—

(a)
an individual who is not a member of the NRBW or the NRBW’s

staff, or

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(b)
a body none of whose members is a member of the NRBW or the

NRBW’s staff.’.

[Adjourned until Tuesday 17 December at 8.55 am



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