{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989/schedule-25/paragraph-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989/schedule-25/paragraph-68.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/15",
  "legislation_title": "Water Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989",
  "path": "schedule/25/paragraph/68",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In section 98 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (use of certain conduits)—\n(a) in subsection (7)(b), for the word “authority” there shall be substituted the word “person”;\n(b) in subsection (8)—\n(i) in paragraph (a), for the words “another authority” there shall be substituted the words “another person”; and\n(ii) for the words “other authority”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “other person”;\nand\n(c) in subsection (9)—\n(i) for paragraph (a) of the definition of “water authority” there shall be substituted the following paragraph—\n“(a) in England and Wales, means the National Rivers Authority or a water undertaker;”\n(ii) for paragraph (a) of the definition of “water main” there shall be substituted the following paragraph—\n“(a) in England and Wales, means a water main within the meaning of the Water Act 1989 or any resource main within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 19 to that Act;”.\n(2) In section 101 of that Act (general restrictions on disclosure of information)—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) in subsection (3), after paragraph (i) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(j) the Water Act 1989.”\n(3) In paragraph 23(10) of Schedule 2 to that Act (undertaker’s works), in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant undertaker”, after the word “undertaking;” there shall be inserted the word “or”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 25 para. 68(2)(a) repealed (1.4.2006) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), s. 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 26(6), Sch. 9 Pt. 3; S.I. 2005/2714, art. 4(f)(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1989/42",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government and Housing Act 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1989/42",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government and Housing Act 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1990/43",
      "affecting_title": "Environmental Protection Act 1990"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/25/paragraph/68",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:46:50.640465+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}