What is the purpose of the Committee?

The Panel will establish the Disputes Committee (DC), in accordance with Schedule 9 of the MAC. The DC is a Committee of the Panel and its authority is assigned as such. The purpose of the DC is to determine the outcomes of Disputes. It may also recommend changes to the market codes which support procedures to resolve Disputes. Disputes Committee members are obliged to act impartially.

Decisions of the DC

The DC will base its decision of a Dispute on the issue raised, the information provided to it and the relevant provisions of the Code.

 Where such a decision involves the action(s) of an exiting Undertaker and/or an acquiring Licensee, the Disputes Committee will assume the total transfer of responsibilities and liabilities to the acquiring Licensee. If a transfer scheme has been applied under The Water and Sewerage Undertakers (Exit from Non-household Retail Market) Regulations 2016 that varies this transfer of responsibility, then Trading Parties should provide evidence of these variations to the DC to be taken into consideration.

Who makes up the committee?

The DC will consist of 10 Members with relevant water and sewerage industry experience, as set out in Section 2.3 (Schedule 9) of the Market Arrangements Code (MAC). The members are:

• Elsa Wye – Chair
• Julian Tranter – Wholesaler (Thames Water)
• Martin Mavin – Wholesaler (Northumbrian Water)
• Paul Stelfox – Wholesaler (United Utilities)
• Patrick McCart - Retailer (ADSM)
• Peter Strain - Retailer (Castle Water)
• Dylan Freeman - Wholesaler (Southern Water)
• Wendy Monk - Retailer (Wave)
• Neil Pendle - Retailer (Waterscan)
• Matthew Rix – Wholesaler (Yorkshire Water)

Meetings

The DC will meet as and when required to consider Disputes that have been raised. The dates, agendas, minutes and papers are available in the table below.

What does the DC do?

For more information on the DC, please refer to its Terms of Reference.

Contact the DC

Please note that Trading Parties should not contact individual DC members regarding Disputes, to maintain the impartiality and independence of members, as outlined here.

Please refer any questions you may have concerning Disputes to the DC secretary, panel.secretariat@mosl.co.uk