Representations received by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales

4.—(1) A water undertaker shall, in relation to any representations received by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales and sent to that undertaker in accordance with section 37B(4) of the Act, prepare a statement detailing—

(a)the consideration that it has given to those representations;

(b)any changes that it has made to the draft water resources management plan as a result of its consideration of those representations and its reasons for doing so; and

(c)where no change has been made to the draft water resources management plan as a result of its consideration of any representation, the reason for this.

(2) The water undertaker shall—

(a)publish the statement in paper form and on its website; and

(b)send a copy of the statement to any person who has made representations in writing in relation to the draft water resources management plan to the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with section 37B(4) of the Act.