SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8E+WMinor and consequential amendments: licensing of water suppliers etc

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)E+W

45(1)Section 203 (power to acquire information for enforcement purposes) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In subsection (1), for the words from “that a company” to “section 18 above” there is substituted—

(a)in the case of a company which holds an appointment as a relevant undertaker, that the company—

(i)may be contravening, or may have contravened, any condition of the appointment or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above; or

(ii)may be causing or contributing to, or may have caused or contributed to, a contravention by a company holding a licence under Chapter 1A of Part 2 of this Act of any condition of the licence or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above; or

(b)in the case of a company which holds a licence under that Chapter, that the company—

(i)may be contravening, or may have contravened, any condition of the licence or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above; or

(ii)may be causing or contributing to, or may have caused or contributed to, a contravention by a company holding an appointment as a relevant undertaker of any condition of the appointment or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above,.

(3)In subsection (7)—

(a)after “this Act” there is inserted “ or of a licence under Chapter 1A of that Part ”, and

(b)after “such an appointment” there is inserted “ or licence ”.