7 Continuity of appointments, replacement appointments etc
Water Industry Act 1991 (1991 c 56) | Legislation

7  Continuity of appointments, replacement appointments etc

(1)     It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to secure that such appointments are made under this Chapter as will ensure that for every area of England and Wales there is at all times both—

(a)     a company holding an appointment under this Chapter as water undertaker; and

(b)     whether or not the same company in relation to the whole or any part of that area, a company holding an appointment as sewerage undertaker.

(2)     Subject to the following provisions of this section—

(a)     the Secretary of State; and

(b)     with the consent of or in accordance with a general authorisation given by the Secretary of State, [the Authority],

shall

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