Part VIIIINFORMATION PROVISIONS
Provision and acquisition of information etc.
C1C2203 Exchange of information with respect to pollution incidents etc.
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F11A
It shall be the duty of the F9appropriate agency to provide a licensed water supplier with all such information to which this section applies as is in the possession of the F9appropriate agency and is reasonably requested by the supplier for purposes connected with the carrying on of activities under its licence.
2
It shall be the duty of every water undertaker to provide the F9appropriate agency with all such information to which this section applies as is in the possession of the undertaker and is reasonably requested by the F9appropriate agency for purposes connected with the carrying out of any of its functions.
F22A
It shall be the duty of every licensed water supplier to provide the F9appropriate agency with all such information to which this section applies as is in the possession of the supplier and is reasonably requested by the F9appropriate agency for purposes connected with the carrying out of any of its functions.
F33
Information provided to a water undertaker, to a licensed water supplier or to the F9appropriate agency under subsection (1), (1A), (2) or (2A) above shall be provided in such form and in such manner and at such times as the undertaker, the supplier or the F9appropriate agency, as the case may be, may reasonably require.
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5
The duties of
F7a
a water undertaker under subsection (2) above; or
b
a licensed water supplier under subsection (2A) above,
shall be enforceable under section 18 of the M1Water Industry Act 1991 by the Secretary of State.
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This section applies to information—
a
about the quality of any controlled waters or of any other waters; or
b
about any incident in which any poisonous, noxious or polluting matter or any F8... waste matter has entered any controlled waters or other waters.
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In this section “controlled waters” has the same meaning as in Part III of this Act.
F48
Any reference in this section to a licensed water supplier is a reference to a company holding a licence under Chapter 1A of Part 2 of the Water Industry Act 1991.