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The South West Water Authority (Dissolution) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/2679 · Made 30 September 2014 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Water Industry, England And Wales

Made 30th September 2014

Coming into force 1st November 2014

The Secretary of State makes this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(3) of the Water Act 1989f1 (“the Act”).

In accordance with section 4(5) of the Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the South West Water Authority, the Environment Agencyf2 and South West Water Limited and is satisfied that nothing further remains to be done by the South West Water Authority under any scheme under Schedule 2 to the Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1989 c.15.

f2

Section 4(5) of the Water Act 1989 requires consultation with the National Rivers Authority, but the Authority was abolished by the Environment Act 1995 and its functions transferred to the Environment Agency.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Dissolution of the South West Water Authority
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order—

(a)

may be cited as the South West Water Authority (Dissolution) Order 2014; and

(b)

comes into force on 1st November 2014.

2Dissolution of the South West Water Authority

The South West Water Authority is dissolved.

Signature

John Bourne

Deputy Director in the Water Availability and Quality Programme

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

30th September 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the dissolution of the South West Water Authority.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as no cost to the business or voluntary sectors is foreseen.