Amendments proposed to the Water Bill [Lords] - continued House of Commons

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Licence modifications

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

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the modification relates and shall take into account any representations or objections which are duly made and not withdrawn.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
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

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
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

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—

(a) the Authority is proposing to do anything for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of its functions; and

(b) it appears to it that the proposal is important;

       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—

(a) to involve a major change in the activities carried on by the Authority;

(b) to have a significant impact on persons carrying on businesses in the markets for any of the services and facilities in relation to which the Authority has functions; or

(c) to have a significant impact on the general public in the United Kingdom or in a part of the United Kingdom.

    (3)   Before implementing its proposal, the Authority must either—

(a) carry out and publish an assessment of the likely impact of implementing the proposal; or

(b) publish a statement setting out its reasons for thinking that it is unnecessary for it to carry out an assessment.

    (4)   An assessment carried out under this section—

(a) may take such form, and

(b) must relate to such matters,

       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—

(a) it must provide an opportunity of making representations to it about its proposal to members of the public and other persons who, in the Authority's opinion, are likely to be affected to a significant extent by its implementation;

(b) the published assessment must be accompanied by a statement setting out how representations may be made; and

(c) the Authority is not to implement its proposal unless the period for making representations about is has expired and it has considered all the representations that were made in that period.

    (7)   Where the Authority is required (apart from this section)—

(a) to consult about a proposal to which this section applies, or

(b) to give a person an opportunity of making representations about it,

       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—

(a) a list of the assessments under this section carried out during the financial year to which the report relates; and

(b) a summary of the decisions taken during that year in relation to proposals to which assessments carried out in that year or previous financial years relate.

    (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
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

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
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

124

Schedule     4,     page     145,     leave out lines 17 to 34.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

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
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

126

Schedule     4,     page     148,     leave out lines 24 and 25.

   

Mr Bill Wiggin
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

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—

(a) the qualifying expenses, less any avoidable expenses, and a reasonable return on the funds employed in meeting the qualifying expenses, or

(b) the amount which the water undertaker reasonably expected to recover from relevant customers reduced by the proportion of that amount which reflects avoidable expenses and the return attributable to those expenses.'.

   

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
Mr George Osborne
Mr Robert Key

128

Schedule     4,     page     176,     line     24,     after 'shall', insert 'deliberately'.

 
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