# Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002, Section 16: Power to require information from local authorities


(1) A local authority must, on being requested to do so by the Regulator, provide the Regulator with such information held by it as the Regulator may reasonably seek in relation to the enforcement by the local authority of the drinking water quality duties which it is the authority’s responsibility to enforce.
(2) Where a local authority and the Regulator cannot agree whether information is being sought reasonably, either of them may refer the matter to the Scottish Ministers, whose decision is final.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/3/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/section-16
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