to applications made for the grant, revocation or variation of licences under Chapter II of Part II of this Act, including information as to the way in which such applications have been dealt with; and

to persons becoming the holders of such licences by virtue of section 49 above of this Act or regulations made under section 50 above.

to applications made in accordance with regulations under section 64 above; and

to licences granted or deemed to be granted, and licences revoked or varied, in accordance with regulations made under that section.

any notices of water quality objectives or other notices served under section 83 above;

applications made for consents under Chapter II of Part III of this Act;

consents given under that Chapter and the conditions to which the consents are subject;

certificates issued under paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 10 to this Act;

any matter about which particulars are required to be kept in any register under section 20 of the M2Environmental Protection Act 1990 (particulars about authorisations for prescribed processes etc.) by the chief inspector under Part I of that Act.

to secure that the contents of registers maintained by the Authority under this section are available, at all reasonable times, for inspection by the public free of charge; and

to afford members of the public reasonable facilities for obtaining from the Authority, on payment of reasonable charges, copies of entries in any of the registers.

the owner or occupier of those premises; or

an officer of an association of owners or occupiers of premises which abut on that watercourse and include those premises.

shall deposit maps with the Authority showing what appear to him to be the fresh-water limits of every relevant river or watercourse; and

may from time to time, if he considers it appropriate to do so by reason of any change of what appears to him to be the fresh-water limit of any river or watercourse, deposit a map showing a revised limit for that river or watercourse.

keep the main river map for the area of a regional flood defence committee at the principal office of the Authority for that area; and

provide reasonable facilities for inspecting that map and taking copies of and extracts from it;

shows by a distinctive colour the extent to which any watercourse in that area is to be treated as a main river, or part of a main river, for the purposes of this Act; and

indicates (by a distinctive colour or otherwise) which (if any) of those watercourses are watercourses designated in a scheme made under section 137 above;

shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes as to what is a main river; and

shall be taken for the purposes of the M3Documentary Evidence Act 1868, as it applies to either of the Ministers, to be a document within the meaning of that Act and to have been issued by that Minister.

the area of a regional flood defence committee is altered so as to affect any of the particulars shown on the main river map for that area; or

one of the Ministers confirms a scheme under section 137 above; or

the Authority applies to one of the Ministers for the variation of a main river map, so far as it shows the extent to which any watercourse is to be treated as a main river or part of a main river,

requiring the Authority to send him any part of the main river map in question, altering it and sending it back to the Authority; or

preparing a new main river map and sending it to the Authority; or

notifying the Authority that he does not intend to vary the main river map in question.

give notice of his intention to do so in such manner as he thinks best adapted for informing persons affected; and

consider any objections made to him within the time and in the manner specified in that notice;

every resource main or discharge pipe which is for the time being vested in the Authority; and

any other underground works which are for the time being vested in the Authority.

any pipe which was laid before 1st September 1989; or

any underground works which were completed before 1st September 1989,

the Authority’s property;

the carrying out and proposed carrying out of its functions; and

its responsibilities generally,

may describe the information to be furnished in such manner as the Secretary of State or the Minister considers appropriate; and

may require the information to be furnished on a particular occasion, in particular circumstances or from time to time.

permit any person authorised by one of the Ministers for the purpose to inspect and make copies of the contents of any accounts or other records of the Authority; and

give such explanation of them as that person or the Secretary of State or the Minister may reasonably require.

to provide a water undertaker with all such information to which this section applies as is in the possession of the Authority and is reasonably requested by the undertaker for purposes connected with the carrying out of its functions; and

to inspect the contents of any of those records; and

to take copies of, or of extracts from, the contents of any of those records;

keep a journal of the progress of the work and, on completion or abandonment of the work, send a complete copy of the journal to the Natural Environment Research Council;

send to that Council particulars of any test made before completion or abandonment of the work of the flow of water;

allow any person authorised by that Council for the purpose, on production of some duly authenticated document showing his authority, at all reasonable times to exercise any of the rights specified in subsection (5) below.

the strata passed through; and

the levels at which water is struck and subsequently rests.

the rate of flow throughout the test;

the duration of the test;

where practicable, the water levels during the test and afterwards until the water returns to its natural level; and

where the well or borehole is sunk in connection with an existing pumping station, the rate of pumping at the existing works during the test.

to have free access to the well or borehole;

to inspect the well or borehole and the material extracted from it;

to take specimens of any such material and of water abstracted from the well or borehole; and

to inspect and take copies of or extracts from the journal required to be kept under this section.

any person contracts to sink any well or borehole on land belonging to or occupied by another; and

the carrying out of the work is under the control of the contractor,

to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; and

where the the offence continues after conviction, to a further fine of £20 for every day during which it so continues.

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

on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

shall give notice to the Authority of his proposal to install the gauge; and

shall not begin the work of installing it before the end of the period of three months beginning with the date of service of the notice or such shorter period as the Authority may in any particular case allow.

to any gauge installed for the sole purpose of indicating the level of any inland waters for the benefit of persons who fish in them; or

to any gauge which is removed at or before the end of the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the date on which it is installed.

directions are given to any person under this section; and

that person considers that they are unreasonable or unduly onerous,

about the quality of any controlled waters or of any other waters; or

about any incident in which any poisonous, noxious or polluting matter or any solid waste matter has entered any controlled waters or other waters.

has been obtained by virtue of any of the provisions of this Act; and

relates to the affairs of any individual or to any particular business,

for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by either of the Ministers, the Authority, the Director General of Water Services, the Monopolies Commission or a local authority of any of his, its or, as the case may be, their functions by virtue of this Act, any of the other consolidation Acts or the M10Water Act 1989;

for the purpose of facilitating the performance by a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker of any of the duties imposed on it by or under this Act, any of the other consolidation Acts or the Water Act 1989;

in pursuance of any duty imposed by section 197(1)(a) or (2) or 203(1) or (2) above or of any arrangements made by the Director General of Water Services under section 29(6) of the Water Industry Act 1991;

for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by any person mentioned in Part I of Schedule 24 to this Act of any of his functions under any of the enactments or instruments specified in Part II of that Schedule;

for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Secretary of State to exercise any powers conferred on him by the M11Financial Services Act 1986 or by the enactments relating to companies, insurance companies or insolvency or for the purpose of enabling or assisting any inspector appointed by him under the enactments relating to companies to carry out his functions;

for the purpose of enabling an official receiver to carry out his functions under the enactments relating to insolvency or for the purpose of enabling or assisting a recognised professional body for the purposes of section 391 of the M12Insolvency Act 1986 to carry out its functions as such;

for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Health and Safety Commission or the Health and Safety Executive of any of its functions under any enactment or of facilitating the carrying out by any enforcing authority, within the meaning of Part I of the M13Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, of any functions under a relevant statutory provision, within the meaning of that Act;

for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Comptroller and Auditor General of any of his functions under any enactment;

in connection with the investigation of any criminal offence or for the purposes of any criminal proceedings;

for the purposes of any civil proceedings brought under or by virtue of this Act, any of the other consolidation Acts, the M14Water Act 1989 or any of the enactments or instruments specified in Part II of Schedule 24 to this Act, or of any arbitration under this Act, any of the other consolidation Acts or that Act of 1989; or

in pursuance of a Community obligation.

as limiting the matters which may be published under section 201 of that Act; or

as applying to any information which has been made public as part of such a report or has been so published or to any information exclusively of a statistical nature.

if the disclosure is of information relating to a matter connected with the carrying out of the functions of a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker and is made by one Minister of the Crown or government department to another; or

if the disclosure is for the purpose of enabling or assisting any public or other authority for the time being designated for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State to discharge any functions which are specified in the order.

impose conditions subject to which the disclosure of information is permitted by virtue of that paragraph; and

otherwise restrict the circumstances in which disclosure is so permitted.

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

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

any copy of or extract from the journal required to be kept under that section; or

any specimen taken in exercise of the rights specified in subsection (5) of that section.

that person may, within three months after the giving of the notice, appeal to the High Court for an order restraining that Council from acting as if consent had been given; and

that Council may proceed as if consent had been given if either no such appeal is brought within that period or the High Court, after hearing the appeal, do not make such an order.

to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; and

where the offence continues after conviction, to a further fine of £20 for every day during which it so continues.

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine or to both.

Part I, other than Schedule 2;

sections 19 and 20 and Chapter III of Part II;

Part III;

Part VI, other than sections 133 to 143 and 147 to 149;

Part VII, other than sections 155, 156, 158, 165 to 167 and the other provisions of that Part so far as they relate to those sections;

this Part, other than sections 189, 193, 194, 198 to 201 and 205; and

Part IX, except so far as it relates to a provision of this Act in relation to which this subsection does not apply,

in giving any information which he is required to give under Chapter II of Part II of this Act or any of the related water resources provisions or under Schedule 2 to this Act, any person knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular; or

for the purpose of obtaining a licence under that Chapter, any person knowingly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,

the provisions contained in a licence under Chapter II of Part II of this Act in pursuance of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 46 above, or of that paragraph as modified by subsection (6) of that section, require the use of a meter, gauge or other device; and

such a device is used for the purposes of those provisions,

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

on conviction on indictment, to a fine;

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;

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

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine or to both.