Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 66K below, no person shall introduce water into a water undertaker's supply system (other than the undertaker itself).
Subsection (1) above shall not apply where the water is introduced—
The Secretary of State may by regulations specify further circumstances in which subsection (1) above shall not apply.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence.
Any undertaking entered into which involves a contravention of subsection (1) above shall be unenforceable.
A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
For the purposes of section 210 below, the penalty on conviction on indictment of an offence under this section shall be deemed to include imprisonment (in addition to or instead of a fine) for a term not exceeding two years.
No proceedings for an offence under this section shall be instituted except by—
The functions of—
are exercisable by the Assembly (and not by the Secretary of State) in relation to any supply system of a water undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in Wales.