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Section 110J: Rules under section 110F: guidance

Water Industry Act 1991 · 1991 c. 56View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: SEWERAGE SERVICES — chapter II: PROVISION OF SEWERAGE SERVICES

The Minister may issue guidance as to the content of rules under section 110F.

Before issuing the guidance, the Minister must—

prepare a draft of the proposed guidance;
consult the relevant persons about the draft.

The relevant persons are—

the Welsh Ministers;
the Secretary of State;
such other persons as the Minister thinks appropriate.

The Minister may from time to time revise the guidance and issue revised guidance.

Subsections (2) and (3) apply to revised guidance as they apply to the original guidance.

The Minister must arrange for the publication of guidance issued under this section.

In this section "the Minister" means—

the Secretary of State, in relation to main connection agreements under which—
any main connection into a sewerage system, or
each such connection,

is or would be a main connection into the sewerage system of a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England for the benefit of another such undertaker;

the Welsh Ministers, in relation to main connection agreements under which—
any main connection into a sewerage system, or
each such connection,

is or would be a main connection into the sewerage system of a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in Wales for the benefit of another such undertaker;

the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers acting jointly, in relation to main connection agreements under which one main connection into a sewerage system is or would be—
a main connection into the sewerage system of a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England for the benefit of a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in Wales, or
a main connection into the sewerage system of a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in Wales for the benefit of a sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England.

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