19. Where a bathing water is situated in the areas of 2 local authorities–
(a)each of those authorities is to carry out in its area such functions in relation to that water as are conferred on a local authority by these Regulations; and
(b)an authority intending to exercise any function under regulations 13 to 16 in relation to that water is, before doing so, to consult with the other authority within the area of which the water is situated.