| Amendments proposed to the Water Bill [Lords] - continued | House of Commons |
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Licence modifications
Mr Bill Wiggin NC6 To move the following Clause:—'In section 14 of the WIA, after subsection (1) there is inserted— "(1A) Where a company has requested the Authority to modify the conditions of its appointment and the Authority has not consented to making the modifications, the Authority shall make to the Competition Commission a reference which is so framed as to require the Competition Commission to investigate and report on the questions in subsection (1). (1B) Before making a reference under subsection (1) or (1A), the Authority shall give notice of the matters specified in the reference to the company to whose conditions of appointment the modification relates and shall take into account any representations or objections which are duly made and not withdrawn. (1C) Notice under subsection (1B) shall be in writing and shall specify a period of not less than 28 days from the date of receipt of the notice within which representations or objections with respect to the matters proposed to be specified in the reference may be made.".'.
Health and Safety Commission
Mr Bill Wiggin NC7 To move the following Clause:—'After section 2 of the WIA there is inserted— "2AHealth and Safety Commission (1) The Secretary of State, the Assembly and the Authority shall from time to time consult the Health and Safety Commission, and relevant undertakers, about all safety matters which may be relevant to the carrying out of any of their and relevant undertakers' respective functions under this Act. (2) The Secretary of State, the Assembly and the Authority shall, in carrying out their functions under this Act, take into account any advice given by the Health and Safety Commission about any safety issue, whether or not in response to consultation under subsection (1).".'.
Scope of regulatory appeals
Mr Bill Wiggin NC8 To move the following Clause:—'In section 12 of the WIA, after subsection (4) there is inserted— "(4A) In determining any question or other matter under subsection (3) above, the Competition Commission may consider as determined any matter in respect of which the appointed company does not dispute the determination by the Authority.".'.
Duty to carry out impact assessments
Mr Andrew Lansley NC22 To move the following Clause—'After section 5 of the WIA, there is inserted— "5A Duty to carry out impact assessments (1) This section applies where—
but this section does not apply if it appears to the Authority that urgency of the matter makes it impracticable or inappropriate for it to comply with the requirements of this section. (2) A proposal is important for the purposes of this section only if its implementation would be likely to do one or more of the following—
(3) Before implementing its proposal, the Authority must either—
(4) An assessment carried out under this section—
as the Authority considers appropriate. (5) In determining the matters to which an assessment under this section should relate, the Authority must have regard to such general guidance relating to the carrying out of impact assessments as it considers appropriate. (6) Where the Authority publishes an assessment under this section—
(7) Where the Authority is required (apart from this section)—
the requirements of this section are in addition to, but may be performed contemporaneously with, the other requirements. (8) Every report under section 192(b) must set out—
(9) The publication of anything under this section must be in such manner as the Authority considers appropriate for bringing it to the attention of the persons who, in the Authority's opinion, are likely to be affected if its proposal is implemented.".'.
Mr Bill Wiggin 123 Schedule 4, page 143, leave out lines 27 to 30.
Mr Andrew Lansley 248 Schedule 4, page 143, leave out lines 27 and 28.
Mr Bill Wiggin 124 Schedule 4, page 145, leave out lines 17 to 34.
Mr Bill Wiggin 125 Schedule 4, page 145, leave out lines 39 to 42.
Mr Andrew Lansley 249 Schedule 4, page 146, line 42, at end insert—'(2A) For the purpose of calculating the threshold requirement in subsection (2) above, supply to household premises may be aggregated in circumstances where the households share their facilities for the supply of the water.'.
Mr Bill Wiggin 126 Schedule 4, page 148, leave out lines 24 and 25.
Mr Bill Wiggin 127 Schedule 4, page 148, line 25, leave out 'paid into the Consolidated Fund' and insert 'minimal'.
Mr Elliot Morley 291 Schedule 4, page 159, line 48, leave out 'and' and insert 'or'.
Mr Elliot Morley 292 Schedule 4, page 162, line 43, leave out 'and' and insert 'or'.
Mr Elliot Morley 265 Schedule 4, page 164, line 34, leave out 'Office of Fair Trading' and insert 'OFT'.
Mr Elliot Morley 293 Schedule 4, page 169, line 30, after 'primary', insert 'water'.
Mr Elliot Morley 294 Schedule 4, page 170, line 1, after 'primary', insert 'water'.
Mr Elliot Morley 295 Schedule 4, page 170, line 8, after 'primary', insert 'water'.
Mr Elliot Morley 296 Schedule 4, page 170, line 11, after 'primary', insert 'water'.
Mr Elliot Morley 266 Schedule 4, page 172, line 4, leave out 'Office of Fair Trading' and insert 'OFT'.
Mr Andrew Lansley 250 Schedule 4, page 172, line 25, leave out from 'expenses' to end of line 26.
Mr Andrew Lansley 251 Schedule 4, page 172, line 35, leave out from 'which' to end of line 39 and inset 'is calculated to represent—
Mr Andrew Lansley 252 Schedule 4, page 172, line 39, at end insert—'(3A) The Authority may, in determining the appropriate amount for the purposes of subsection (1) above, take account of the benefits to consumers of determining an amount which promotes competition in the wholesale supply of water by secondary water undertakings.'.
Mr Elliot Morley 297 Schedule 4, page 173, line 28, after 'secondary', insert 'water'.
Mr Bill Wiggin 128 Schedule 4, page 176, line 24, after 'shall', insert 'deliberately'.
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