Water Act 1989

31 The Director’s register

(1) The Director shall, at such premises and in such form as he may determine, maintain a register for the purposes of this Chapter.

(2) Subject to any direction given under subsection (3) below, the Director shall cause to be entered in the register the provisions of—

(a) every appointment under this Chapter, every termination or transfer of any such appointment, every variation of the area for which any company holds any such appointment and every modification of the conditions of any such appointment;

(b) every direction, consent or determination given or made under any such appointment by the Secretary of State, the Monopolies Commission or the Director himself;

(c) every final order made under section 20 above, every provisional order made or confirmed under that section, every revocation of such a final or provisional order and every notice under subsection (6) of that section;

(d) every undertaking given to and accepted by the Secretary of State or the Director for the purposes of subsection (5)(b) of that section; and

(e) every special administration order and every discharge of such an order.

(3) If it appears to the Secretary of State that the entry of any provision in the register would be against the public interest, he may direct the Director not to enter that provision in the register; and the Director shall comply with any such direction.

(4) The contents of the register shall be available for inspection by the public at such times and subject to the payment of such charges as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.

(5) Any person may, on the payment of such fee as may be specified in an order so made, require the Director to supply him with a copy of, or extract from, the contents of any part of the register, being a copy or extract which is certified by the Director to be a true copy or extract.

(6) The power to make an order under subsection (4) or (5) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(7) Any sums received by the Director under this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(8) In this section “special administration order” means an order under section 23 above (whether made by virtue of that section or section 24 above).