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Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992

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39Mergers of water undertakers

(1)In section 34(3) of the [1991 c. 56.] Water Industry Act 1991 (matters to which the Monopolies Commission is to have regard on a reference under section 32 of that Act with respect to a water enterprise) the following shall be substituted for paragraph (a)—

“(a)shall have regard to the desirability of giving effect to the principle that the Director’s ability, in carrying out his functions by virtue of this Act, to make comparisons between different water enterprises should not be prejudiced; and”.

(2)Section 35(3) of the Act of 1991 (meaning of reference to the number of water enterprises under independent control) shall cease to have effect.

(3)This section applies only to references under section 32 of the Act of 1991 made after the commencement of this section.

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