Article 2

The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988^f1 is hereby amended as follows—

(1)

In article 1 (2) (interpretation) in the definition of “statutory undertaker” after “Gas Act 1986” there shall be inserted “and the National Rivers Authority and any water undertaker”.

(2)

In article 18(1) (consultations before the grant of permission) in paragraphs (j) and (o) to (s) for “The water authority concerned” there shall be substituted “The National Rivers Authority”.

(3)

In Schedule 2, Part 14 (development by drainage bodies) in paragraph A.1 for the words “which is not a water authority” there shall be substituted “other than the National Rivers Authority”.

(4)

In Schedule 2, Part 15 (development by water authorities)—

(a)

for the heading “DEVELOPMENT BY WATER AUTHORITIES” there shall be substituted “DEVELOPMENT BY THE NATIONAL RIVERS AUTHORITY”;

(b)

in paragraph A for “a water authority” there shall be substituted “the National Rivers Authority”;

(c)

paragraphs A(a), “the supply of water or for” and “or for the conveyance of water treatment sludge” in paragraph A(b), and paragraph A(f) shall be deleted.

(5)

In Schedule 2, Part 16 (development for sewerage and sewage disposal)—

(a)

for the heading “DEVELOPMENT FOR SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL” there shall be substituted “DEVELOPMENT BY OR ON BEHALF OF SEWERAGE UNDERTAKERS”;

(b)

in paragraph A for “on behalf of a water authority” there shall be substituted “by or on behalf of a sewerage undertaker”;

(c)

paragraph A.1 shall be deleted.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1988/1813.