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Paragraph 1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Each of the following, that is to say—

(a)

F1the Environment Agency;

F2(aa)

the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(b)

every water undertaker; and

(c)

every sewerage undertaker,

shall be deemed to be statutory undertakers, and its undertaking a statutory undertaking, for the purposes of the enactments specified in sub-paragraph (2) below.

(2)

The enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above are—

(i)

the M1Public Health Act 1925;

(ii)

the M2Public Health Act 1936;

(iii)

section 4 of the M3Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

(iv)

the National Parks and Access to the M4Countryside Act 1949;

(v)

sections 20 and 30 of the M5Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(vi)

the M6Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(vii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(viii)

the M7Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ix)

section 17(10) of the M8Public Health Act 1961;

(x)

the M9Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xi)

Schedule 3 to the M10Harbours Act 1964;

(xii)

Schedule 6 to the M11Gas Act 1965;

(xiii)

section 40 of the M12Forestry Act 1967;

(xiv)

section 2 of the M13Countryside Act 1968, in so far as references in that section to a public body are to be construed as references to a statutory undertaker, and sections 13 and 16 of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act;

(xv)

section 5 of the M14Development of Tourism Act 1969;

xvi)(xvii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(xviii)

sections 51 . . . F5 of the M15Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xix)

section 73 of the M16Control of Pollution Act 1974;

(xx)

the M17Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxi)

Part I of the M18Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

F6(xxii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxiii)

the M19Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxiv)

F7Part XVI of the M20Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xxv)

the M21Highways Act 1980;

(xxvi)

subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, the M22New Towns Act 1981;

(xxvii)

the M23Acquisition of Land Act 1981;

(xxviii)

the M24Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xxix)

section 30 of the M25Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xxx)

section 2(2)(c) of the M26Cycle Tracks Act 1984;

(xxxi)

the M27Building Act 1984;

(xxxii)

Part IX and section 611 of the M28Housing Act 1985.

(3)

The Environment Agency, F8the Natural Resources Body for Wales, a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker shall be deemed to be a statutory company for the purposes of the M29Landlord and Tenant Act 1927.

F9(4)

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(5)

The references in section 39 of the New Towns Act 1981 (power of development corporation to transfer undertakings) to statutory undertakers do not include references to any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker and, accordingly, references in that section to a statutory undertaking do not include references to the statutory undertaking of such an undertaker.

(6)

References in section 26 of the M30Land Compensation Act 1973 (acquisition of land in connection with public works) to a responsible authority shall not include references to F10the Environment Agency F11the Natural Resources Body for Wales, , a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker.

(7)

A water undertaker or sewerage undertaker shall be deemed to be statutory undertakers for the purposes of section 9(3) of the M31Inner Urban Areas Act 1978 (loans for site preparation).

(8)

A water undertaker or sewerage undertaker shall be deemed to be public utility undertakers for the purposes of the Highways Act 1980 F12. . .

(9)

In the enactments specified in sub-paragraph (10) below, “the appropriate Minister”, in relation to statutory undertakers, means—

(a)

in the case of the Environment Agency F13or the Natural Resources Body for Wales , the Secretary of State or the Minister; and

(b)

in the case of a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker, the Secretary of State.

(10)

The enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (9) above are—

(i)

the M32Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ii)

Schedule 3 to the M33Harbours Act 1964;

(iii)

paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M34Gas Act 1965;

(iv)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(v)

the M35Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(vi)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii)

sections 121 and 290 of the M36Highways Act 1980;

(viii)

the M37New Towns Act 1981;

(ix)

the M38Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

(11)

References to a local authority in the following enactments . . . F14 shall not include references to the Environment Agency F15or the Natural Resources Body for Wales , namely—

(i)

the M39Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)

Part I of Schedule 6 to the Highways Act 1980;

(iv)

the New Towns Act 1981;

(v)

the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(1)(a)(3)(4)(9)(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/396, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(2)

F2

Sch. 25 para. 1(aa) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 193(2) (with Sch. 7)

F3

Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(vii) repealed by Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991 (c. 45, SIF 86), s. 53(2), Sch. 8 (with s. 53(1), Sch. 7)

F4

Sch. 25 paras. 1(2)(xvi)(xvii), (10)(iv), (11)(ii), 42 repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6)

F5

Words repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6)

F6

Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(xxii)(10)(vi) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F7

Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(xxiv) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 135(2)(a) (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F8

Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(3) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 193(3) (with Sch. 7)

F9

Sch. 25 para. 1(4) repealed (14.11.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(r)

F10

Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(6)(11) substituted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/396, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(3)

F11

Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(6) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 193(4) (with Sch. 7)

F12

Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(8) repealed (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59), s. 168(2), Sch. 9 (with s. 25(2)); S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

F13

Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(9)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 193(5) (with Sch. 7)

F14

Words repealed by S.I. 1990/776, art. 8, Sch. 3 para. 28

F15

Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(11) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 193(6) (with Sch. 7)

Marginal citations

M1

1925 c. 71.

M2

1936 c. 49.

M3

1948 c. 17.

M4

1949 c. 97.

M5

1951 c. 65.

M6

1954 c. 56.

M7

1958 c. 69.

M8

1961 c. 64.

M9

1962 c. 58.

M10

1964 c. 40.

M11

1965 c. 36.

M12

1967 c. 10.

M13

1968 c. 41.

M14

1969 c. 51.

M15

1973 c. 26.

M16

1974 c. 40.

M17

1975 c. 70.

M18

1976 c. 57.

M19

1979 c. 46.

M20

1980 c. 65.

M21

1980 c. 66.

M22

1981 c. 64.

M23

1981 c. 67.

M24

1982 c. 16.

M25

1982 c. 30.

M26

1984 c. 38.

M27

1984 c. 55.

M28

1985 c. 68.

M29

1927 c. 36.

M30

1973 c. 26.

M31

1978 c. 50.

M32

1958 c. 69.

M33

1964 c. 40.

M34

1965 c. 36.

M35

1975 c. 70.

M36

1980 c. 66.

M37

1981 c. 64.

M38

1981 c. 67.

M39

1958 c. 69.