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The Water Abstraction (Revocations etc.) (England) Order 2017

S.I. 2017/1046 · Made 30 October 2017

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Water Resources, England

Made 30th October 2017

Laid before Parliament 31st October 2017

Coming into force 1st January 2018

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) and (7) of the Water Act 2003f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 37. See section 10(3) for the definition of “the appropriate authority”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Revocations
  3. 3Amendment of the Northumbrian Water Authority Act 1981
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule: Revocations
  6. 1Revocation of Orders
  7. 2Revocation of Orders so far as they relate to England
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Water Abstraction (Revocations etc.) (England) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st January 2018.

2Revocations

(1)

The Orders mentioned in Part 1 of the Schedule are revokedf1.

(2)

The Orders mentioned in Part 2 of the Schedule are revoked so far as they relate to inland waters or underground strata in England.

3Amendment of the Northumbrian Water Authority Act 1981

(1)

The Northumbrian Water Authority Act 1981f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

Omit section 4 (exception of small abstractions from licensing control).

(3)

In subsection (2) of section 5 (registration of abstractions excepted from licensing control)—

(a)

at the end of paragraph (b) omit “; and”;

(b)

omit paragraph (c).

(4)

In section 6 (classification of springs for exception from licensing control) omit the words from “or for an order” to “this Act”.

Signature

Thérèse Coffey

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

30th October 2017

1Revocation of Orders

  • The Bristol Avon River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1967f1

  • The Somerset River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1967f2

  • The Devon River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1970f3

  • The Great Ouse River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1970f4

  • The Northumbrian Water Authority (Exemption from Licensing Control) Order 1984f5

2Revocation of Orders so far as they relate to England

  • The Dee and Clwyd River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1966f1

  • The Severn River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1967f2

  • The Mersey and Weaver River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1968f3

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes Orders deemed to be made under section 33 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) which were saved following the repeal of that section by section 10(11) of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37). Those Orders provide exemptions from the restrictions on abstraction of water set out in section 24 of that Act.

It also amends the Northumbrian Water Authority Act 1981 (c. xxvii) in relation to provisions which relate to exemptions for certain abstractions of water. Section 4 of that Act provided the Secretary of State with power to make orders exempting certain abstractions of water in the then Northumbrian Water Authority’s area from the restrictions on abstraction imposed by the Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38) (now read as the corresponding restrictions on abstraction imposed by the Water Resources Act 1991).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment (“RIA”) was produced in connection with the Water Act 2003. This RIA sets out the impacts of removing exemptions from the restriction on abstraction to which this Order relates. A further impact assessment was produced in respect of new authorisations for water abstraction in October 2017. Copies of the RIA and the impact assessment can be obtained from the Water Resources Management Team, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Area 3D, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR. Both are published together with an Explanatory Memorandum alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.