Water Act 2003

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

45 (1) Section 203 (power to acquire information for enforcement purposes) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for the words from “that a company” to “section 18 above” there is substituted—

“(a) in the case of a company which holds an appointment as a relevant undertaker, that the company—

(i) may be contravening, or may have contravened, any condition of the appointment or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above; or

(ii) may be causing or contributing to, or may have caused or contributed to, a contravention by a company holding a licence under Chapter 1A of Part 2 of this Act of any condition of the licence or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above; or

(b) in the case of a company which holds a licence under that Chapter, that the company—

(i) may be contravening, or may have contravened, any condition of the licence or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above; or

(ii) may be causing or contributing to, or may have caused or contributed to, a contravention by a company holding an appointment as a relevant undertaker of any condition of the appointment or any statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18 above,”.

(3) In subsection (7)—

(a) after “this Act” there is inserted “or of a licence under Chapter 1A of that Part”, and

(b) after “such an appointment” there is inserted “or licence”.