If the conditions in subsection (2) are satisfied, the Authority must—
forward to the Commission a copy of an application under section 17F for the grant of a water supply licence or sewerage licence, and
send to the Commission such information and such fee as appear to the Authority to be required in order that the application may be treated by the Commission as a 2005 Act application for the grant of—
a water services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act, or
a sewerage services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act, as the case may be.
The conditions are that—
the Authority is requested to do so by the applicant;
the application under section 17F appears to the Authority to be an application that would be treated by the Commission as a 2005 Act application for the grant of—
a water services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act, or
a sewerage services licence under section 6 of the 2005 Act, as the case may be;
the applicant has given the Authority—
such information as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b), and
a means of sending to the Commission such fee as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b).
The Authority must—
forward a copy of the application, and
send such information and fee as are mentioned in subsection (1)(b),
before the end of the agreed period for an application of that description.
In this section—
"the agreed period", in relation to an application under section 17F of a particular description, means the period agreed between the Authority and the Commission as the period applying to an application of that description for the purposes of subsection (3);
"the Commission" means the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.