http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/78/enacted

PART XIStatutory Undertakers

Preliminary

224Meaning of "the appropriate Minister"

1

In this Act " the appropriate Minister"—

a

in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on an under taking for the supply of electricity, gas or hydraulic power, means the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry;

b

in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on a light house undertaking, means the said Secretary of State or the Board of Trade ;

c

in relation to statutory undertakers carrying on an under taking for the supply of water, means, in the application of this Act to Wales, the Secretary of State for Wales; and

d

in relation to any other statutory undertakers, means the Secretary of State for the Environment.

2

This Act shall have effect as if references to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister—

a

were references to the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister, if the appropriate Minister is not the one concerned as the Secretary of State; and

b

were references to the one concerned as the Secretary of State alone, if he is also the appropriate Minister;

and similarly with references to a Minister and the appropriate Minister and with any provision requiring the Secretary of State to act jointly with the appropriate Minister.