Statutory Instruments
Public Bodies, England And Wales
Water Industry, England And Wales
Fees And Charges, England And Wales
Made
11th February 2013
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4(1) and 6(1) of the Public Bodies Act 2011(1) (“the Act”), makes the following Order.
The consent of the Treasury has been obtained in accordance with section 4(2) of the Act.
For the purposes of section 8 of the Act, the Secretary of State considers that—
this Order serves the purpose of improving the exercise of public functions, having had regard to the factors referred to in section 8(1) of the Act; and
the conditions in section 8(2)(a) and (b) are satisfied.
The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 10 of the Act.
A draft of this Order and an explanatory document containing the information required by section 11(2) of the Act have been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 11(1) after the end of the period of twelve weeks mentioned in section 11(3). In accordance with section 11(4) of the Act, a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament after the expiry of the 40-day period referred to in that provision.