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The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2010

S.I. 2010/975 · Made 24 March 2010

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Water, England

Made 24th March 2010

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 105(3) to (6) of the Water Act 2003f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c.37.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, extent and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, extent and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2010.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to England only.

(3)

In this Order—

  • “the Act” means the Water Act 2003; and

  • “the 1991 Act” means the Water Industry Act 1991f1.

2Appointed day

The 26th March 2010 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

(a)

section 58 (fluoridation of water supplies) in so far as not already in force; and

(b)

Section 101(2) (repeals) and Schedule 9 (repeals and revocation: miscellaneous and supplementary) in so far as they relate to the repeal of Schedule 7 to the 1991 Act (pre-1985 fluoridation schemes).

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Ann Keen

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Health

24th March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force remaining provisions of section 58 of the Water Act 2003 (“the Act”).

Section 58 of the Act makes amendments to provisions of the Water Industry Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”) relating to fluoridation of water supplies and is in force, in relation to England only.

This Commencement Order commences the following provisions which all concern pre-1985 fluoridation schemes—

(a)

sections 58(7) and (9);

(b)

sections 58(11) to (14) fully; and

(c)

Section 101(2) and Schedule 9 in so far as they repeal Schedule 7 to the 1991 Act.

This Order applies in relation to England only.