Explanatory Memorandum to Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

1. Introduction

2. Background and Policy Objectives

3. Consultation, Equality and Regulatory Impacts

4. Government Response to Consultation

5. Overview of the Order

   1. Part I – Introductory

   2. Part Ii - Regulatory Authorities and Their General Duties

   3. Part Iii - Appointment and Regulation of Undertakers

      1. Chapter I – Appointments

      2. Chapter II – Enforcement and Insolvency

         1. Articles 30-34 Enforcement Orders

         2. Articles 35-39 Financial Penalties

         3. Articles 41-44 Special Administration Orders

      3. Chapter III – General Consumer Council

      4. Chapter IV – Miscellaneous

   4. Part Iv – Water Supply

      1. Chapter 1 – General Duties of Water Undertakers

      2. Chapter II - Water Supply Duties

      3. Chapter III Quality and Sufficiency of Supply

         1. Articles 118–123 Private supplies

         2. Articles 124–125 Enforcement

      4. Chapter IV Fluoridation

      5. Chapter V - Supplemental

   5. Part V - Use of Water

      1. Chapter I – Drought Orders

      2. Chapter II – Promotion of the Efficient use of Water

   6. Part Vi - Sewerage Services

      1. Chapter I – General Functions of Sewerage Undertakers

      2. Chapter II – Provision of Sewerage Services

      3. Chapter III – Trade Effluent

   7. Part Vii - Financial Provisions

   8. Part Viii - Undertakers Powers and Works

      1. Chapter 1 – Undertaker’s powers (Articles 215 – 234)

         1. Abstraction and impounding of water

         2. Land

         3. Power to Carry out Works

            1. Powers of Entry

      2. Chapter II – Protection of Undertaker’s Works, apparatus (Articles 236 – 240)

      3. Chapter III – Supplementary Provisions with respect to Undertaker’s Powers (Article 241-252)

   9. Part Ix – Information

   10. Part X - Reorganisation of the Industry

       1. Schedule 11 - Transfer Scheme

   11. Part Xi - Amendments to the Water Order

       1. Supplementary Transitional Provisions

       2. Other Provisions

   12. Part Xii – Miscellaneous and Supplemental

       1. Schedules

6. Commencement