5Transitional provisions

5 Transitional provisions

(1)  Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in this section has the same meaning as it has in the Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008 .

(2)  Where a licence under Part 6 of the Water Management Act 1999 is the subject of a transfer order published in the Gazette in accordance with section 41(1) of the Water and Sewerage Corporations Act 2008 , the licence is taken to –

(a) be a licence granted under the Water Management Act 1999 to the transferee referred to in the transfer order; and

(b) continue on the same terms and conditions as specified in the licence immediately before the day specified in the transfer order as the day on which the order takes effect, as if a reference in the licence to the transferor referred to in that order were a reference to the transferee referred to in that order.

(3)  Where an environment protection notice, within the meaning of the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 , is the subject of a transfer order published in the Gazette in accordance with section 41(1) of the Water and Sewerage Corporations Act 2008 , the notice is taken to –

(a) be an environment protection notice served under the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 on the transferee referred to in the transfer order; and

(b) continue on the same terms and conditions as specified in the notice immediately before the day specified in the transfer order as the day on which the order takes effect, as if a reference in the notice to the transferor referred to in that order were a reference to the transferee referred to in that order.

(4)  Where a permit is taken to have been granted under clause 3 of in respect of scheduled premises which –