36 Obtaining information for enforcement purposes

36  Obtaining information for enforcement purposes

(1)     Section 203 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (power to acquire information for enforcement purposes) is amended as follows.

(2)     For subsection (1) there is substituted—

“(1)     The Minister or the Authority may serve a notice under subsection (2) in respect of—

(a)     a company that holds an appointment as a relevant undertaker, if of the opinion that Condition 1 is satisfied, or

(b)     a person who holds a licence under Chapter 1A of Part 2, if of the opinion that Condition 2 is satisfied.

(1A)     Condition 1 is that the company—

(a)     may be contravening, or may have contravened, a condition of the appointment or a statutory or other requirement enforceable under section 18,

(b)     may be causing or contributing to, or may have caused or contributed

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