It shall be the duty of a company holding an appointment as a relevant undertaker to furnish the Secretary of State with all such information relating to any matter which—
as the Secretary of State may reasonably require.
It shall be the duty of a person holding a licence under Chapter 1A of Part 2 of this Act to furnish the Secretary of State with all such information relating to any matter which—
as the Secretary of State may reasonably require.
Information required under this section shall be furnished in such form and manner, and be accompanied or supplemented by such explanations, as the Secretary of State may reasonably require.
The information which a person may be required to furnish to the Secretary of State under this section shall include information which, although it is not in the possession of that person or would not otherwise come into the possession of that person, is information which it is reasonable to require that person to obtain.
A requirement for the purposes of this section shall be contained in a direction which—
The obligations of a relevant undertaker , water supply licensee or sewerage licensee under this section shall be enforceable under section 18 above by the Secretary of State.
In this section "the other consolidation Acts" means the Water Resources Act 1991, ... so much of the Land Drainage Act 1991 as confers functions on the Secretary of State with respect to the Environment Agency or on the Welsh Ministers with respect to the NRBW and the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991.