Statutory Instruments
WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
30th October 1990
Whereas Mid Southern Water Company holds an appointment under Chapter I of Part II of the Water Act 1989(1) as a water undertaker and Northumbrian Water Limited and Southern Water Services Limited each hold an appointment under the same Chapter as a water and sewerage undertaker ("the Companies"):
And whereas each company has, pursuant to section 162(6)(a) of that Act, submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval a Code of Practice(2) with respect to the exercise by the Companies of powers conferred by or by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 19 to that Act ("the Codes of Practice"):
And whereas the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to approve the Codes of Practice for the purpose of promoting what appear to him to be desirable practices with regard to the exercise by the Companies of those powers:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers under section 162(7) of the Water Act 1989, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consulting all such persons as he considers it appropriate to consult, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Mid Southern, Northumbrian and Southern (Pipelaying and Other Works) (Codes of Practice) Order 1990.
2. The Codes of Practice prepared by the Companies and certified as such by the Secretary of State are hereby approved.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment
Dinah Nichols
An Under Secretary in the
Department of the Environment
30th October 1990
Copies of the Codes of Practice may be inspected at the Department of the Environment, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 3PY, and may be obtained free of charge from the appropriate company: Mid Southern Water Company, Frimley Green, Camberley, Surrey GU16 6HZ; Northumbrian Water Limited, PO Box 4, Regent Centre, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3PX; Southern Water Services Limited, Southern House, Yeoman Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3NX.