Section 196: Trade effluent registers.

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

Part VII: INFORMATION PROVISIONS

It shall be the duty of every sewerage undertaker to secure that copies of—

every consent given or having effect as if given by the undertaker under Chapter III of Part IV of this Act;
every direction given or having effect as if given by the undertaker under that Chapter;
every agreement entered into or having effect as if entered into by the undertaker under section 129 above; and
every notice served on the undertaker under section 132 above,

are kept available, at all reasonable times, for inspection by the public free of charge at the offices of the undertaker.

It shall be the duty of every sewerage undertaker, on the payment of such sum as may be reasonable, to furnish a person who requests it with a copy of, or of an extract from, anything kept available for inspection under this section.

The duties of a sewerage undertaker under this section shall be enforceable under section 18 above by the Authority.

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