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Part 1 Abstraction and impounding
Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)
2.In section 34 (regulations with respect to applications under Chapter...
4.In section 51 (modification of licence on application of licence...
5.In section 57 (emergency variation of licences for spray irrigation...
6.In section 61 (compensation for licence modified on direction of...
7.In section 66 (inland waters owned or managed by British...
8.(1) Section 67 (ecclesiastical property) is amended as follows.
9.In section 71 (modification of local enactments), in subsection (4),...
10.In section 125 (specific exemptions from water resources charges), subsection...
11.In section 206 (making of false statements etc), in subsection...
12.In section 217 (criminal liabilities of directors and other third...
13.In section 222 (Crown application), as substituted by paragraph 2(4)...
Minor and consequential amendments: licensing of water suppliers etc
Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)
3.In section 6 (appointment of relevant undertakers), after subsection (5)...
4.(1) Section 18 (orders for securing compliance) is amended as...
5.(1) Section 19 (exceptions to duty to enforce) is amended...
6.(1) Section 20 (procedure for enforcement orders) is amended as...
7.In section 22 (effect of enforcement order), in subsection (3),...
8.(1) Section 23 (meaning and effect of special administration order)...
9.(1) Section 24 (special administration orders made on special petitions)...
10.In section 25 (power to make special administration order on...
11.In section 26 (restrictions on voluntary winding up and insolvency...
12.(1) Section 27 (general duty of Authority to keep matters...
13.(1) Section 39A (information to be given to customers about...
14.(1) Section 43 (calculation of payments to undertaker in respect...
15.(1) Section 52 (the domestic supply duty) is amended as...
16.(1) Section 55 (supplies for non-domestic purposes) is amended as...
17.After section 63 there is inserted— Supply by licensed water...
19.(1) Section 69 (regulations for preserving water quality) is amended...
20.(1) Section 70 (offence of supplying water unfit for human...
21.In section 72 (contamination of water sources), in subsection (5),...
22.In section 73 (offences of contaminating water etc), in subsection...
23.In section 74 (regulations for preventing contamination etc), in subsection...
24.(1) Section 75 (power to prevent damage etc) is amended...
25.In section 76 (temporary hosepipe bans), in subsection (1), after...
26.(1) Section 78 (local authority functions in relation to undertaker’s...
27.(1) Section 86 (enforcement of water quality) is amended as...
28.In section 93(1) (interpretation of Part 3), in the definition...
30.(1) Section 93B (power to impose requirements in connection with...
32.(1) Section 93D (information as to compliance) is amended as...
33.In section 148 (restriction on charging for metering works), in...
34.In section 150 (fixing maximum charges for services provided with...
35.In section 152 (grants for national security purposes), in subsection...
37.(1) Section 162 (works in connection with metering) is amended...
38.In section 163 (power to fit stopcocks), in subsection (1),...
39.(1) Section 174 (offences of interference with works) is amended...
40.(1) Section 175 (offence of tampering with meter) is amended...
41.(1) Section 179 (vesting of works in undertaker) is amended...
42.(1) Section 195 (maintenance of register for the purposes of...
43.(1) Section 201 (publication of information and advice) is amended...
44.(1) Section 202 (duty to furnish the Secretary of State...
45.(1) Section 203 (power to acquire information for enforcement purposes)...
46.(1) Section 205 (exchange of metering information) is amended as...
47.(1) Section 206 (restriction on disclosure of information) is amended...
48.(1) Section 208 (directions in the interests of national security)...
49.(1) Section 213 (power to make regulations) is amended as...
50.(1) Section 219 (general interpretation) is amended as follows.
51.(1) Schedule 2 (transitional provision on termination of appointments) is...
52.(1) Schedule 3 (special administration orders) is amended as follows....
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