SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Minor and consequential amendments: licensing of water suppliers etc

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

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1

Section 203 (power to acquire information for enforcement purposes) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for the words from “that a company” to “section 18 above” there is substituted—

a

in the case of a company which holds an appointment as a relevant undertaker, that the company—

i

may be contravening, or may have contravened, any condition of the appointment or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above; or

ii

may be causing or contributing to, or may have caused or contributed to, a contravention by a company holding a licence under Chapter 1A of Part 2 of this Act of any condition of the licence or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above; or

b

in the case of a company which holds a licence under that Chapter, that the company—

i

may be contravening, or may have contravened, any condition of the licence or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above; or

ii

may be causing or contributing to, or may have caused or contributed to, a contravention by a company holding an appointment as a relevant undertaker of any condition of the appointment or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above,

3

In subsection (7)—

a

after “this Act” there is inserted “ or of a licence under Chapter 1A of that Part ”, and

b

after “such an appointment” there is inserted “ or licence ”.