Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 523
CONSUMER PROTECTION
WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (Amendment) and Water Act 2003 (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2006
Made
1st March 2006
Laid before Parliament
3rd March 2006
Coming into force
1st April 2006
The Secretary of State has been designated( 1 ) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 2 ) in relation to measures relating to consumer protection.
She makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and by section 103(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the Water Act 2003( 3 ):
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (Amendment) and Water Act 2003 (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2006.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2006.
(3) Regulation 2 extends to the United Kingdom.
(4) Regulation 3 extends to England and Wales.
Amendment to the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
2. —(1) The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999( 4 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1 (qualifying bodies), for “The Director General of Water Services” substitute “The Water Services Regulation Authority”.
Transitional provision in relation to pensions etc. of former holders of the office of Director General of Water Services
3. The Water Services Regulation Authority shall, if required to do so by the Secretary of State—
(a) pay such pension, allowances or gratuities as may be determined by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury to or in respect of any person who has held the office of Director General of Water Services; or
(b) make such payments as may be so determined towards provision for the payment of a pension, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of such a person.
Elliot Morley
Minister of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1st March 2006
S.I. 1993/2661 .
S.I. 1999/2083 , to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.