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The Water (Compulsory Works Powers) (Notice) Regulations 1991

S.I. 1991/1409 · Made 13 June 1991

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WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 13th June 1991

Laid before Parliament 26th June 1991

Coming into force 17th July 1991

The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in relation to water undertakers, and acting jointly with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to the National Rivers Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 185(2)(d) of, and paragraph 1(3)(f) of Schedule 20 to, the Water Act 1989f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1989 c. 15; see the definition of appropriate Minister in section 155(7), the definition of in section 189(1), and section 189(9) as to the joint exercise of functions exercisable concurrently. 1020]

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Notice to be given to prescribed persons
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule: ADDITIONAL PERSONS TO BE SERVED WITH NOTICE RELATING TO COMPULSORY WORKS POWERS
  5. IPart I
  6. IIPart II
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Water (Compulsory Works Powers) (Notice) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 17th July 1991.

2Notice to be given to prescribed persons

Where an order is applied for under section 155 of the Water Act 1989 which would authorise the stopping-up or diversion of a footpath or bridleway, a copy of the notice of the application shall be served on–

(a)

the persons specified in Part I of the Schedule hereto;

(b)

where the footpath or bridleway in question is situated in an area mentioned in Part II thereof, the persons specified in relation to that area;

in addition to the persons specified in paragraph 1(3)(a) to (e) of Schedule 20 to that Act.

Signature

Michael Heseltine

Secretary of State for the Environment

10th June 1991

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

11th June 1991

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 13th June 1991.

L.S.

John Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

I

  • The Auto-Cycle Union

  • The British Horse Society

  • The Byways and Bridleways Trust

  • The Commons, Open Spaces and Footpaths Preservation Society

  • The Ramblers' Association

II

AreaName
Within the counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire and West YorkshireThe Peak and Northern Footpaths Society
Within the county of Buckinghamshire, the districts of Beaconsfield, Chiltern and Wycombe;The Chiltern Society
within the county of Hertfordshire, the districts of Dacorum and Three Rivers;
within the county of Oxfordshire, the district of South Oxfordshire; and
within the district of Aylesbury Vale, the parishes of Aston Clinton, Buckland, Drayton Beauchamp, Edlesborough, Halton, Ivinghoe, Pitstone and Wendover

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 20 to the Water Act 1989 requires the National Rivers Authority and water undertakers to serve notice on certain persons when they apply for an order under section 155 of the Act conferring compulsory works powers.

These Regulations name certain additional bodies on whom notice must be served where the application relates to an order which authorises the stopping-up or diversion of a footpath or bridleway.