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Section 133: Effect of determination on reference or review.

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

Part IV: SEWERAGE SERVICES — CHAPTER III: TRADE EFFLUENT

Where a notice under section 132 above has been served on a sewerage undertaker, it shall be the duty—

of the undertaker; and
in relation to that undertaker, of the Authority,

so to exercise the powers to which this section applies as to secure compliance with the provisions of the notice.

This paragraph applies to the following powers, that is to say-

in relation to a sewerage undertaker, its power to give a consent under this Chapter, any of its powers under section 121 or 124 above and any power to enter into or vary an agreement under section 129 above; and
in relation to the Authority, any of its powers under this Chapter.

Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) of section 121 above shall be construed as restricting the power of a sewerage undertaker, for the purpose of complying with this section, to impose any condition specified in a notice under section 132 above.

A sewerage undertaker which fails to perform its duty under subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable—

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

The appropriate agency may, for the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of a notice under section 132 above, by serving notice on any person consulted under section 132(2)(a) above, vary or revoke—

any consent given under this Chapter to make discharges of any special category effluent, or
any agreement under section 129 above.

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