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The Water (Target Investment Limit) Order 1990

S.I. 1990/1083 · Made 16 May 1990

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WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 16th May 1990

Laid before Parliament 21st May 1990

Coming into force 11th June 1990

Whereas each company listed in the Schedule is the nominated holding companyf1 of a successor company to a water authority;

And whereas each company ceased to be wholly owned by the Crown on 12th December 1989;

And whereas the proportion of the ordinary voting rights in fact carried by the Government shareholding in each company at thetime when this Order is made is as shown in the Schedule;

And whereas no previous order has been made fixing a target investment limit for the Government shareholding in any such company;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Welsh Water p.l.c. and the Secretary of State for the Environment in relation to all the other companies, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 89 of the Water Act 1989f2 and of all otherpowers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See S.I. 1989/1531.

f2

1989 c. 15.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Target investment limit
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule TARGET INVESTMENT LIMITS
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Water (Target Investment Limit) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 11th June 1990.

2Target investment limit

The target investment limit for the Government shareholding in each company listed in the Schedule expressed as a proportion of the ordinary voting rights shall be as specified therein.

Signature

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

16th May 1990

Chris Patten

Secretary of State for the Environment

16th May 1990

TARGET INVESTMENT LIMITS

Nominated holding companyGovernment shareholding as a proportion of the ordinary voting rightsTarget investment limit as a proportion of the ordinary voting rights
Anglian Water p.l.c.1.79 per cent2.04 per cent
Northumbrian Water p.l.c.1.25 per cent1.50 per cent
North West Water Group1.73 per cent1.98 per cent
Severn Trent p.l.c.1.92 per cent2.17 per cent
Southern Water p.l.c.1.84 per cent2.09 per cent
South West Water p.l.c.1.16 per cent1.41 per cent
Thames Water p.l.c.2.21 per cent2.46 per cent
Welsh Water p.l.c.1.81 per cent2.06 per cent
Wessex Water p.l.c.1.78 per cent2.03 per cent
Yorkshire Water p.l.c.1.98 per cent2.23 per cent

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order fixes target investment limits for the Government shareholding in the privatised water companies. The limits are expressed as a proportion of voting rights exercisable in all circumstances at general meetings of the companies. The Government shareholding must normally be kept within these limits.