C2C3C4C5 Part III WATER SUPPLY

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Part III: definition of "consumer" applied (01.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 176(7), 225(2).

C3

Part III: definition of "water fittings" applied (01.12.1991) by Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 (c. 58, SIF 130), ss. 15(1), 17(2).

C5

Pt. 3 functions transferred and modified (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

chapter I GENERAL DUTIES OF WATER UNDERTAKERS F2etc

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F2

Word in Pt. 3 Ch. 1 heading inserted (1.4.2016) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 7 para. 46; S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(m), Sch. 1 para. 1(k) (with Sch. 2) (as amended (22.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/462, art. 16)

C137CF1Water resources management plans: provision of information

1

It shall be the duty of each F3water supply licensee to provide the water undertaker with such information as the water undertaker may reasonably request for the purposes of preparing or revising its water resources management plan.

2

In the event of any dispute between a water undertaker and a F3water supply licensee as to the reasonableness of the water undertaker’s request under subsection (1) above, either party may refer the matter for determination by the Secretary of State, and any such determination shall be final.

3

For the purposes of paragraph (b) of section 37B(1) above, the water undertaker shall identify in its statement under that paragraph any information—

a

provided by a F3water supply licensee pursuant to subsection (1) above; and

b

contained in the water undertaker’s draft water resources management plan,

which the F3water supply licensee has (at the time of providing it to the water undertaker) specifically identified as being, in the F4water supply licensee's opinion, commercially confidential.

4

The water undertaker shall not use any unpublished information save for the purpose of facilitating the performance by it of any of the duties imposed on it by or under this Act, any of the other consolidation Acts or the Water Act 1989.

5

In subsection (4) above—

a

“unpublished information” means confidential information which—

i

is provided to the water undertaker by a F3water supply licensee under this section;

ii

relates to the affairs of any individual or to any particular business; and

iii

by virtue of section 37B above, is not published;

b

“the other consolidation Acts” has the same meaning as in section 206 below.