27.—(1) Any reference to the Minister in these Regulations shall be deemed to be a reference to the Minister responsible for that utility.
(2) The Minister responsible for a utility shall be the Minister of the Crown whose areas of responsibility are most closely connected with the functions of the utility; and any question as to which Minister of the Crown’s areas of responsibility are most closely connected with the functions of a utility shall be determined by the Treasury whose determination shall be final.
(3) The requirement on a utility to send any report in accordance with regulations 7(2), 20(8) and 26 to the Minister shall be enforceable, on the application of the Minister responsible, by mandamus, or in Scotland, for an order for specific performance.
(4) Proceedings under paragraph (3) above brought in Scotland shall be brought before the Court of Session.
(5) In the application of this regulation to Northern Ireland references to the Minister shall include references to the head of a Northern Ireland department.
(6) The Minister to whom a report is sent in accordance with regulations 7(2), 20(8) and 26 shall send the report to the Treasury for onward transmission to the Commission.