# The Water Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1974, Article 6: Annual report and accounts of Metropolitan Water Board


(1) The provisions of this article shall have effect in the case of the annual report and accounts required by sections 19 (accounts and audit) and 28 (annual report) of the Metropolis Water Act 1902 (in this article referred to as “the 1902 Act”) to be made, or made up and audited, as the case may be, by the Metropolitan Water Board (in this article referred to as “the Board”).
(2) Everything in respect of the accounts of the Board and any committee appointed by them, and of their officers, in relation to the year ending on 31st March 1974 which by virtue of section 19 of the 1902 Act is authorised or required to be done by or to the Board, or an officer of the Board, shall be done by or to the Thames Water Authority or, as the case may be, an officer of that authority, and the provisions of the said section 19 shall have effect accordingly.
(3) In relation to the proceedings of the Board during the year ending on 31st March 1974, it shall be the duty of the Thames Water Authority—
(a) to make to the Secretary of State for the Environment a report comprising so much of the annual report of the proceedings of the Board as has not, on that date, been so made by the Board, and
(b) to give to the said Secretary of State such returns, statistics and information as he may require with respect to the exercise of the powers of the Board during the said year.
and the provisions of section 28 of the 1902 Act shall have effect accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/607/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-authorities-etc-miscellaneous-provisions-order-1974/article-6
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