Commentary on Sections Part 5 – Amendments to the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Section 19: Enforcement authorities
Section 19 makes various amendments to the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (“the 2006 Order”) which transfer responsibility for water quality enforcement action functions and duties in respect of the public supply from DRD to DOE and allows DOE to gain premises entry and access rights for the purposes of water contamination investigation of private and public water supplies.