Article 1 Title and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.

(2)

Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department of the Environment may by order appoint.

(3)

The following provisions of this Order shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the day on which this Order is made—

(a)

this Part;

(b)

Part III (except for Articles 49 and 50);

(c)

Articles 59 to 62;

(d)

Schedule 3 as it applies for the purposes of Article 48(3);

(e)

Schedules 4 and 5;

(f)

Part I of Schedule 8 and Article 63(2) so far as relating thereto.

(4)

The following provisions of this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department of Agriculture may by order appoint—

(a)

Articles 49 and 50; and

(b)

Part II of Schedule 8 and Article 63(2) so far as relating thereto.

(5)

An order under paragraph (2) or (4) may contain such transitional provisions as appear to the Department of the Environment or, as the case may be, the Department of Agriculture, to be necessary or expedient.