Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/56/section/20
Timestamp: 2019-12-07 04:47:33
Document Index: 224622774

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

s. 20 applied by S.I. 2013/1582 Sch. 1 para. 6(2)
s. 20 words substituted by 2014 c. 21 Sch. 7 para. 28
20 Procedure for enforcement orders.d1>E+W
(1)Before making a final enforcement order [F1under section 18(1) above] or confirming a provisional enforcement order [F2in a case in which section 18(4)(a)(i) or (ii) above applies] , the Secretary of State or the Director shall give notice—
(a)stating that he proposes to make or confirm the order and setting out the effect of the order;
(i)the condition or requirement for the purpose of securing compliance with which the order is to be made or confirmed;
(iii)the other facts which, in his opinion, justify the making or confirmation of the order;
(c)specifying the period (not being less than [F3twenty-one] days from the date of publication of the notice) within which representations or objections with respect to the proposed order or proposed confirmation may be made,
[F4(1A)Before making a final enforcement order under section 18(1A) above or confirming a provisional enforcement order in a case in which section 18(4)(a)(iii) or (iv) above applies, the Secretary of State or the Authority shall give notice—
and shall consider any representations or objections which are duly made and not withdrawn.]
(2)A notice under subsection (1) [F5or (1A)] above shall be given—
(a)by publishing the notice in such manner as the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Director considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing the matters to which the notice relates to the attention of persons likely to be affected by them; and
(b)by serving a copy of the notice, and a copy of the proposed order or of the order proposed to be confirmed, on the company to which the order relates and, where the notice is given by the Secretary of State, on the Director.
(3)Neither the Secretary of State nor the Director shall make a final enforcement order with modifications, or confirm a provisional enforcement order with modifications, except—
(4)The requirements mentioned in subsection (3) above are that the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Director shall—
(a)serve on the company to which the order relates such notice as appears to him to be requisite of his proposal to make or confirm the order with modifications;
(b)in that notice specify the period (not being less than [F6twenty-one] days from the date of the service of the notice) within which representations or objections with respect to the proposed modifications may be made; and
(5)As soon as practicable after making an enforcement order or confirming a provisional enforcement order, the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Director shall—
(a)serve a copy of the order on the company to which the order relates and, where this subsection applies in the case of an order made or confirmed by Secretary of State, on the Director; and
(6)Before revoking an enforcement order, other than an unconfirmed provisional order, the Secretary of State or the Director shall give notice—
(b)specifying the period (not being less than twenty-eight days from the date of publication of the notice) within which representations or objections with respect to the proposed revocation may be made,
(7)If, after giving a notice under subsection (6) above, the Secretary of State or the Director decides not to revoke the order to which the notice relates, he shall give notice of that decision.
(b)by serving a copy of the notice on the company to which the order relates and, where the notice is given by the Secretary of State, on the Director.
(9)The requirements of the preceding provisions of this section shall not apply, in the case of any order in respect of a contravention of a direction under section 208 below, to the extent that the Secretary of State directs that they should not be complied with in the interests of national security.
F1Words in s. 20(1) inserted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 6(2)(a); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c) (with Sch. para. 8)
F2Words in s. 20(1) inserted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 6(2)(b); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c) (with Sch. para. 8)
F3Words in s. 20(1)(c) substituted (1.10.2004) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 49(3)(4), 105(3); S.I. 2004/2528, art. 2(f)
F4S. 20(1A) inserted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 6(3); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c) (with Sch. para. 8)
F5Words in s. 20(2) inserted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 6(4); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c) (with Sch. para. 8)
F6Words in s. 20(4)(b) substituted (1.10.2004) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 49(3)(4), 105(3); S.I. 2004/2528, art. 2(f)
C1S. 20(9): functions exercisable by the Assembly concurrently with the Ministers of the Crown (W.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1