86.— (1) A water services authority, before making a decision in relation to the grant, review, transfer or revocation of a water services licence, shall as appropriate consider any submissions made to it under and in accordance with regulations made under section 88.

(2) Where a water services authority decides—

(a) to grant, transfer, amend, add or delete any conditions that it has attached to, a water services licence,

(b) to refuse to grant or transfer such a licence, or

(c) to revoke such a licence,

it shall notify the applicant or its holder and any person who made a valid submission referred to in subsection (1), as the case may be, of the decision and the reasons for the decision.