This document establishes the legal framework and regulatory requirements governing the operations of the York Waterworks company as mandated by the British government. The text provides the formal statutory instrument detailing the administrative obligations, service standards, and operational boundaries imposed upon the utility provider under the relevant water industry legislation of the time. It serves as a primary source for understanding the regulatory oversight of regional water infrastructure in the United Kingdom during the early 1990s.

This document is a technical legal instrument intended for use by legal professionals, policy analysts, and historians studying the privatization and regulation of British utilities. Readers should note the highly specialized and dense nature of the legislative prose, which is typical of statutory instruments from this period.