Part 1Water Industry Commission and Customer Panels
I31Water Industry Commission for Scotland
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For section 1 (Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland) of the 2002 Act there is substituted—
1Water Industry Commission for Scotland
1
There is established a body to be known as the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (referred to in this Act as “the Commission”).
2
The Commission has the general function of promoting the interests of persons (taken as a whole) whose premises—
a
are connected to the public water supply system or the public sewerage system (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3)) or both, or
b
might reasonably become connected to either or both of those systems,
relating to the provision to them of water and sewerage services.
3
The Scottish Ministers may, after consulting the Commission, give the Commission directions of a general or specific character as to the financial management or administration of the Commission; and the Commission must comply with any such directions.
4
Schedule A1 makes further provision about the Commission.
2
In section 4 (power of the Commissioner to require information) of that Act, for subsection (2) there is substituted—
2
Subsection (1) does not authorise the Commission to require the disclosure of anything which a person would be entitled to refuse to disclose on grounds of confidentiality in proceedings in the Court of Session.
3
Where Scottish Water considers that it is entitled to withhold information from the Commission—
a
because it is not reasonably sought, or
b
by virtue of subsection (2),
it must intimate that fact to the Commission in writing.
3
In section 5 (annual reports by the Commissioner etc.) of that Act, at the end there is added—
4
The Scottish Ministers must lay before the Parliament a copy of each report submitted to them under subsection (1)(a).
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Schedule 1 inserts schedule A1 into that Act.