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Section 117F: Codes in respect of section 117E agreements

Water Industry Act 1991 · 1991 c. 56View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: SEWERAGE SERVICES — Chapter 2A: Duties relating to sewerage services: sewerage licensees

The Authority may issue one or more codes in respect of section 117E agreements.

A code may make provision about—

procedures in connection with making a section 117E agreement;
procedures in connection with varying or terminating a section 117E agreement;
the terms and conditions of a section 117E agreement, including terms as to the duration of such an agreement;
principles for determining the terms and conditions that should or should not be incorporated into a section 117E agreement.

A code may make provision about the steps to be taken by the Authority in determining for the purposes of section 117E(2) whether a sewerage undertaker is, in the particular case, required to perform a duty under sections 117A to 117D.

If the Authority considers that a sewerage undertaker or a sewerage licensee is not acting as required by a code, the Authority may give the undertaker or the licensee a direction to do, or not to do, a thing specified in the direction.

The Authority may not give a direction under subsection (4) requiring a person to enter into, vary or terminate an agreement.

It is the duty of a sewerage undertaker or a sewerage licensee to comply with a direction under subsection (4), and this duty is enforceable by the Authority under section 18.

A code may make—

different provision for different persons or descriptions of person;
different provision for different duties under sections 117A to 117D.

The Authority may from time to time revise a code issued under this section and issue a revised code.

A revised code may include provision for applying any of its revisions to section 117E agreements made before the revised code comes into effect.

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