# The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Pipelaying and Other Works) (Code of Practice) Order 1990, Introduction: Introductory text


WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 26th March 1990
Whereas Thames Water Utilities Limited (“the Company”) holds an appointment under Chapter I of Part II of the Water Act 1989 as a water undertaker:
And whereas the Company has, pursuant to section 162(6) (a) of that Act, submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval a Code of Practice with respect to the exercise by the Company of powers conferred by or by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 19 to that Act (“the Code of Practice”):
And whereas the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to approve the Code of Practice for the purpose of promoting what appear to him to be desirable practices with regard to the exercise by the Company of those powers:
Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 162(7) of the Water Act 1989, and after consulting all such persons as he considers it appropriate to consult, hereby makes the following Order:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/876/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/thames-water-utilities-limited-pipelaying-and-other-works-code-of-practice-order-1990/introduction
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