The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015

Water Industry Act 1991 (c.56) E+W

23.—(1) The Water Industry Act 1991 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 66J (prohibition on unauthorised introduction of water)(1), in subsection (6), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(3) In section 70 (offence of supplying water unfit for human consumption)(2), in subsection (1), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(4) In section 86 (assessors for the enforcement of water quality)(3), in subsection (6), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 23 in force at 12.3.2015, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 66J was inserted by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), Schedule 4, paragraph 3.

(2)

Section 70(1)(a) was amended by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), section 61.

(3)

Section 86(6) was amended by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), section 57(7).