Part IVE+W SEWERAGE SERVICES

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. IV: power to apply conferred (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 78(2)(b), 225(2).

CHAPTER IIIE+W TRADE EFFLUENT

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3Pt. 4 Ch. 3 (ss. 118-141) amended (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, ss. 40, 51(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 8 (with ss. 42, 46).

Pt. 4 Ch. 3 (ss. 118-141) modified (1.2.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 5 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 2

Pt. 4 Ch. 3 (ss. 118-141): transfer of functions (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 2(2)(b) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

C4Pt. 4 Ch. 3 modified by S.I. 2010/675, Sch. 23 Pt. 8 para. 3 Table 9 (as substituted (1.10.2011) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2043), reg. 1(b), Sch. 1)

C5Pt. 4 Ch. 3 modified (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 23 paras. 1(3), 2 Table 9 (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)

Supplemental provisions of Chapter IIIE+W

[135AF1Power of the [F2appropriate agency] to acquire information for the purpose of its functions in relation to special category effluent.E+W

(1)For the purpose of the discharge of its functions under this Chapter, the [F3appropriate agency] may, by notice in writing served on any person, require that person to furnish such information specified in the notice as [F4that appropriate agency] reasonably considers it needs, in such form and within such period following service of the notice, or at such time, as is so specified.

(2)A person who—

(a)fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement imposed under subsection (1) above, or

(b)in furnishing any information in compliance with such a requirement, makes any statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) above shall be liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 135A inserted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 113 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3