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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Enforceable undertakings

131: Notice of decision and reasons for decision

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"Getting a decision on your undertaking with reasons why"

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You will get a written notice if you try to make an enforceable undertaking. The notice will say if your undertaking is accepted or rejected. It will also give reasons for the decision. The Water Services Authority will put notice of accepted undertakings on their internet site. This includes the reasons for their decision. If a drinking water supplier makes an undertaking, the Water Services Authority will tell the consumers and other suppliers about it.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Enforceable undertakings

131Notice of decision and reasons for decision

  1. The chief executive must give the person seeking to make an enforceable undertaking written notice of—

  2. the decision to accept or reject the undertaking; and
    1. the reasons for the decision.

      1. The Water Services Authority must make available to the public, on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Water Services Authority, notice of a decision to accept an enforceable undertaking and the reasons for that decision.

      2. In the case of an enforceable undertaking given by a drinking water supplier, the Water Services Authority must take steps to bring the undertaking to the attention of the consumers and any drinking water supplier served by the supplier.

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      • Section 131(2): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
      • Section 131(3): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).