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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 20 November 2024

Debate

Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]

Contribution

31: Clause 2, page 5, leave out lines 37 and 38 and insert— ““system” , in relation to a relevant undertaker, means—(a) in the case of a water undertaker, its supply system within the meaning of Chapter 1A of Part 2 (see section 17B); (b) in the case of a sewerage undertaker, its sewerage system within the meaning of that Chapter (see section 17BA(7)).(10) In the case of a relevant undertaker that is both a water undertaker and a sewerage undertaker, the duty in subsection (1) is to be discharged in respect of both of its systems in a single plan.”Member’s explanatory statement This is one of a group of amendments extending Clause 2 so that it covers the water supply network as well as the sewerage network.

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