PART 5

Digital government
CHAPTER 1

Public service delivery

Disclosure of information by water and sewerage undertakers etc
39
1
If the condition in subsection (2) is met, a person to whom information may be disclosed under section 38 may disclose information held by that person to a specified person.
2
That condition is that the disclosure is for the purpose of assisting eligible people (see section 38(9A)) in England and Wales by—
a
reducing their water or sewerage costs,
b
improving efficiency in their use of water, or
c
improving their health or financial well-being.
S. 39 in force at 1.4.2018 for specified purposes by S.I. 2018/342, reg. 3(1)(c)
S. 39 in force at 1.5.2018 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2018/382, reg. 3(e)
Pt. 5 Ch. 1: functions cease to be exercisable concurrently (18.5.2018) by virtue of The Transfer of Functions (Digital Government) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/526), arts. 1(2), 2 (with arts. 4, 5)
Pt. 5 Ch. 1: functions made exercisable concurrently (30.9.2020) by The Transfer of Functions (Digital Government) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/940), arts. 1(2), 2 (with art. 5)
Words in s. 39(2) substituted (24.4.2025) by Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 (c. 5), ss. 13(6), 17(5)(b)