20 Procedure for enforcement orders
Water Industry Act 1991 (1991 c 56) | Legislation

20  Procedure for enforcement orders

(1)     Before making a final enforcement order [under section 18(1) above] or confirming a provisional enforcement order [in a case in which section 18(4)(a)(i) or (ii) above applies], the Secretary of State or [the Authority] shall give notice—

(a)     stating that [he or it] proposes to make or confirm the order and setting out the effect of the order;

(b)     setting out—

(i)     the condition or requirement for the purpose of securing compliance with which the order is to be made or confirmed;

(ii)     the acts or omissions which, in [his or its] opinion, constitute or would constitute contraventions of that condition or requirement; and

(iii)     the other facts which, in [his or its] opinion, justify the making or confirmation of the order;

and

(c)     specifying the period (not being less than [twenty-one] days from the date of publication of the notice) within which representations or objections with respect to the proposed order or proposed confirmation may be made,

and shall consider any representations or objections which are duly made and not withdrawn.

[(1A)     Before making a final enforcement order under section 18(1A) above or confirming a provisional enforcement order in a case

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