Commentary Part 1.Water Industry Chapter 4.Retail Exit: Non-Household Premises Section 46: Operation of retail market
188.Section 46 allows exit regulations to include the following provision:
	provision that requires an undertaker to impose on the licensee charges that enable the licensee to fulfil its obligations under the agreements transferred from the undertaker;
	provision that requires a water supply or sewerage licensee providing services under its licence in a retail exit area to provide specified services. These might, for example include, functions relating to the interim duties in section 63AC or 110L (amended by section 31 and inserted by section 32);
	provision that requires the agreement between an undertaker and the water supply or sewerage licensee to be such as would enable the licensee to carry out specified services imposed on it;
	provision about the functions of a relevant undertaker in relation to a retail exit area, which may include modifying or disapplying the undertaker’s interim duty to provide water or sewerage services;
	provision that applies the special administration regime in certain circumstances to a licensee providing services in a retail exit area, which might mean, for example, that the special administration regime would affect licensees that had a significant share of the market;
	provision that requires relevant undertakers and licensees to provide certain specified information to customers, Ofwat, or the Secretary of State; and
	provision that requires Ofwat to record certain information in its public register.