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(1)In exercising its functions and conducting its affairs, each public authority shall take into account, where relevant, the desirability of conserving water supplied or to be supplied to premises.
(2)In subsection (1), “public authority” means any of the following—
(a)a Minister of the Crown (within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 (c. 26)),
(b)a Government department,
(c)the Assembly,
(d)a local authority (within the meaning of section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)),
(e)a person holding an office—
(i)under the Crown,
(ii)created or continued in existence by a public general Act, or
(iii)the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of money provided by Parliament,
(f)a statutory undertaker (being any person who, by virtue of section 262 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) is or is deemed to be a statutory undertaker for any purpose), and
(g)any other public body of any description.
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