The Water Reorganisation (Holding Companies of Successor Companies) Order 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 1531

WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Water Reorganisation (Holding Companies of Successor Companies) Order 1989

Made

18th August 1989

Coming into force

19th August 1989

The Secretary of State for Wales, as respects the Welsh successor company, and the Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects the other successor companies, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 83(1) of the Water Act 1989(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby make the following Order:–

1.  This Order may be cited as the Water Reorganisation (Holding Companies of Successor Companies) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 19th August 1989.

2.  The company (being a company wholly owned by the Crown) mentioned in the Schedule hereto in relation to a successor company which is so mentioned is hereby nominated as the holding company of that successor company.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Ian Grist

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

15th August 1989

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Colin Moynihan

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

14th August 1989

We consent,

David Lightbown

Stephen Dorrell

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

18th August 1989

SCHEDULE

Successor Company	Holding Company
Anglian Water Services Limited	Anglian Water p.l.c.
Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig	Welsh Water p.l.c.
Northumbrian Water Limited	Northumbrian Water Group p.l.c.
North West Water Limited	North West Water Group p.l.c.
Severn Trent Water Limited	Severn Trent p.l.c.
Southern Water Services Limited	Southern Water p.l.c.
South West Water Services Limited	South West Water p.l.c.
Thames Water Utilities Limited	Thames Water p.l.c.
Wessex Water Services Limited	Wessex Water p.l.c.
Yorkshire Water Services Limited	Yorkshire Water p.l.c.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Water Authorities (Successor Companies) Order 1989 made under section 4(2) of the Water Act 1989 nominated successor companies to take over the functions of the water authorities established in England and Wales by the Water Act 1973 (c. 37) so far as they relate to the supply of water and sewerage services.

This Order, made under section 83(1) of the 1989 Act, nominates public limited companies of which the successor companies are to become subsidiaries.

(1)

1989 c. 15.