Article 2 Provisions coming into force

The following provisions of the Water Act 2003 come into force on 1st January 2018—

(a)

section 5 (rights of navigation, harbour and conservancy authorities);

(b)

section 7 (rights to abstract for drainage purposes, etc);

(c)

section 8 (amendments relating to section 7) so far as not already in force;

(d)

section 32 (visiting forces);

(e)

section 73 (border rivers);

(f)

in section 101 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) as follows—

(i)

subsection (1) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (g);

(ii)

subsection (2) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (h);

(g)

Part 1 of Schedule 7 (minor and consequential amendments: abstraction and impounding) so far as not already in force;

(h)

Part 1 of Schedule 9 (repeals and revocation) so far as not already in force.