The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2005

Last reports of the customer service committees

2.—(1) If a customer service committee has not prepared and sent to the Director before 1st October 2005—

(a) a report on its activities in relation to the period from 1st April 2005 to 30th September 2005, or

(b) an annual report under section 194(2) of the WIA in relation to any earlier period,

the Council shall prepare and send such a report to the Director as soon as reasonably practicable on or after 1st October 2005.

(2) The Director shall publish any report sent to him by a customer service committee under section 194(2) of the WIA on its activities, and any report sent to him by the Council under sub paragraph (1) on the activities of a customer service committee, in relation to—

(a) the period from 1st April 2005 to 30th September 2005, or

(b) any earlier period,

in such manner as he considers appropriate.

(3) Subsection (8) of section 192B of the WIA (annual and other reports) shall apply for the purposes of this paragraph and shall apply—

(a) in relation to a report prepared by a customer service committee and published by the Director under sub-paragraph (2), as if for “making or preparing” there were substituted “publishing”; and

(b) in relation to a report prepared by the Council under sub paragraph (1), as if any reference to the Authority were a reference to the Council.

(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, from 1st April 2006, any reference to the Director shall have effect as if it were a reference to the Authority and “he” and “him” are to have effect as “it” in relation to the Authority.