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Section 36E: Ministerial responsibility

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

Part 2A: Regulation of provision of infrastructure

In this Part "the Minister" means—

the Secretary of State, in relation to infrastructure which is provided or to be provided for the use of one or more English undertakers,
the Welsh Ministers, in relation to infrastructure which is provided or to be provided for the use of one or more Welsh undertakers, and
the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers acting jointly in relation to infrastructure which is provided or to be provided for the use of one or more English undertakers and one or more Welsh undertakers.

In this section and section 36F—

"an English undertaker" means a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England, and
"a Welsh undertaker" means a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in Wales.

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