Clause 1 - Types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers

Part of Water Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:30 pm on 5 December 2013.

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Photo of James Gray James Gray Conservative, North Wiltshire 1:30, 5 December 2013

With this it will be convenient to discuss new clause 27—Abstraction reform—

‘(1) The Secretary of State may by order (the “commencement order”) appoint a day on which section 1 is to come into force.

(2) The Secretary of State may only make an order under subsection (1) if—

(a) new primary legislation on the licensing of abstraction has been passed; and

(b) five years has expired since the passage of any legislation under paragraph (a).’.