Water Industry, England And Wales Citation and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016. 2 In this Order— “the 1991 Act ” means the Water Industry Act 1991 ; “the 2014 Act ” means the Water Act 2014; “ the Authority ” means the Water Services Regulation Authority. Provisions of the 2014 Act coming into force on 1st November 2016 2 The following provisions of the 2014 Act come into force on 1st November 2016— a subsection (1) of section 1 (types of water supply licence and arrangements with water undertakers) so far as not already in force; b subsection (1) of section 8 (bulk supply of water by water undertakers) as follows— i so far as it inserts section 40E into the 1991 Act, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (ii); ii so far as it inserts section 40I into the 1991 Act; c section 9 (main connections into sewerage systems) as follows— i subsection (1) so far as it— aa substitutes section 110A; bb inserts sections 110B and 110J into the 1991 Act; ii subsections (2) and (3) so far as they relate to sections 110B and 110J of the 1991 Act; d section 29 (standards of performance: water supply) so far as not already in force; e section 30 (standards of performance: sewerage) so far as not already in force; f subsection (2)(b) of section 40 (charging of fees by assessors for the enforcement of water quality); g section 56 (further amendments) so far as it relates to paragraph (h); h the following paragraphs of Schedule 7 (further amendments)— i paragraph 2 so far as it relates to sub-paragraphs (ii) to (vii); ii paragraph 3 as follows— aa sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (8)(a) and (c) so far as they relate to paragraph (bb); bb sub-paragraph (8)(b) so far as it relates to sections 38ZA, 40I, 95ZA and 110J of the 1991 Act; iii paragraph 7; iv paragraph 119(1) so far as it relates to sub-paragraph (v); v paragraph 119(4); vi paragraph 120(1) so far as it relates to sub-paragraph (vii); vii paragraph 120(3) so far as it relates to sections 17AA and 66DB of the 1991 Act. Transitional provision in respect of wholesale authorisations 3 1 Until paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act comes into force to the extent that it substitutes section 66B(1) of the 1991 Act, the Authority must not grant a water supply licence with a wholesale authorisation under section 17A(1) of the 1991 Act . 2 The restriction in paragraph (1) does not apply if a water supply licence with a wholesale authorisation is granted to— a a person who has a water supply licence with a retail authorisation; or b a person who has applied for a water supply licence with a retail authorisation. Transitional provision in connection with the introduction of new water supply licences 4 1 The Authority may revoke old water supply licences in accordance with arrangements set out in the qualifying scheme and on a date and time to be determined under the qualifying scheme. 2 The qualifying scheme must include provision about the measure of compensation payable by the Authority in connection with the revocation of an old water supply licence. 3 The qualifying scheme may make provision for the compensation payable in a particular case to be nil. 4 In this article, “qualifying scheme” is a scheme as described in paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 11 to the 2014 Act. Thérèse Coffey Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 17th October 2016