The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Reasons for decisions

254.—(1) This Article applies to the following decisions of the Authority or the Department—

(a) the modification of the conditions of an appointment under Chapter I of Part III or the variation of the area to which an appointment relates;

(b) the termination of such an appointment;

(c) the giving of any directions or consent in pursuance of a condition included in such an appointment by virtue of Article 19(1);

(d) the determination of a question referred in pursuance of a condition included in such an appointment by virtue of Article 19(2); and

(e) the making of a final enforcement order, the making or confirmation of a provisional enforcement order or the revocation of a final order or of a provisional order which has been confirmed.

(2) As soon as reasonably practicable after making such a decision the Authority or the Department shall publish a notice stating the reasons for the decision in such manner as it considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing the matters to which the notice relates to the attention of persons likely to be interested.

(3) A body publishing a notice under paragraph (2) shall serve a copy on the company holding the appointment to which the decision relates.

(4) A body preparing a notice under paragraph (2) shall have regard to the need for excluding, so far as that is practicable, any matter which relates to the affairs of a particular individual or body of persons (corporate or unincorporate), where it considers that publication of that matter would or might seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that individual or body.

(5) This Article does not apply in relation to a decision of the Authority resulting in any provision which the Authority was directed under Article 253(3) not to enter in the register required to be kept under that Article.