3 General environmental and recreational duties
Water Industry Act 1991 (1991 c 56) | Legislation

3  General environmental and recreational duties

(1)     It shall be the duty of each of the following, that is to say—

(a)     the Secretary of State;

(b)     . . .

(c)     [the Authority]; and

(d)     every company holding an appointment as a relevant undertaker,

in formulating or considering any proposals relating to any functions of a relevant undertaker (including, in the case of such a company, any functions which, by virtue of that appointment, are functions of the company itself) to comply with the requirements imposed in relation to the proposals by subsections (2) and (3) below.

(2)     The requirements imposed by this subsection in relation to any such proposals as are mentioned in subsection (1) above are—

(a)     a requirement, so far as may be consistent—

(i)     with the purposes of any enactment relating to the functions of the undertaker; and

(ii)     in the case of the Secretary of State and [the Authority], with their duties under section 2 above,

so to exercise any power conferred with respect to the proposals on the person subject to the requirement as to further the conservation and enhancement of natural beauty and the conservation of flora, fauna and

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