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(1)Any person designated for the purpose by a local authority within whose area any waterworks are situated shall, on producing some duly authenticated document showing his authority, have a right at all reasonable hours to enter any premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is or has been any contravention of section 72 above in relation to those waterworks.
(2)Any person designated in writing for the purpose by a local authority may—
(a)enter any premises for the purpose of—
(i)ascertaining whether any provision contained in or made or having effect under this Act with respect to any water fittings, or with respect to the waste or misuse of water, is being or has been contravened;
(ii)determining whether, and if so in what manner, any power or duty conferred or imposed on any person by regulations under section 74 above should be exercised or performed; or
(iii)exercising any such power or performing any such duty;
or
(b)carry out such inspections, measurements and tests on premises entered by that person or on water fittings or other articles found on any such premises, and take away such samples of water or of any land and such water fittings and other articles, as that person has been authorised to carry out or take away in accordance with regulations under that section.
(3)Any person designated in writing for the purpose by any local authority may—
(a)enter any premises for the purpose, in relation to any private supply, of—
(i)determining whether, and if so in what manner, any power or duty conferred or imposed on that authority by or under any of sections 77 to 82 above should be exercised or performed; or
(ii)exercising any such power or performing any such duty;
(b)enter any premises to which a supply of water is provided by a water undertaker for the purpose, in relation to a supply so provided of—
(i)determining whether, and if so in what manner, any such power should be exercised or any such duty performed; or
(ii)exercising any such power or performing any such duty;
or
(c)carry out such inspections, measurements and tests on premises entered by that person or of articles found on any such premises, and take away such samples of water or of any land or articles, as the local authority—
(i)consider appropriate for the purposes of any such power or duty; and
(ii)have authorised that person to carry out or take away.
(4)Part I of Schedule 6 to this Act shall apply to the right of entry conferred by subsection (1) above; but nothing in that subsection or in that Part of that Schedule shall entitle any person designated for the purposes of that subsection by a local authority to have access to any waterworks belonging to a water undertaker.
(5)Part II of Schedule 6 to this Act shall apply to the rights and powers conferred by subsections (2) and (3) above.
(6)In subsection (1) above the reference to a local authority includes a reference to a county council and to the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple and the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple; and any expenses incurred by the Common Council of the City of London in the exercise of their functions under that subsection shall be defrayed as part of their general expenses.
(7)In this section “waterworks” has the same meaning as in section 72 above.
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