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The Water (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1989

S.I. 1989/1968 · Made 25 October 1989

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WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 25th October 1989

Laid before Parliament 3rd November 1989

Coming into force 27th November 1989

The Secretary of State for the Environment, and the Secretary of State for Wales, being satisfied that it is expedient by reason of the coming into force of provisions of the Water Act 1989f1 to make additional consequential amendments of the public general enactments and subordinate legislation specified in these Regulations, and acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 185(2)(e) and 190 of that Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1989 c. 15; see section 189(9) as to the joint exercise of functions exercisable concurrently.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments of public general enactments
  3. 3Amendments of subordinate legislation
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule 1AMENDMENTS OF PUBLIC GENERAL ENACTMENTS
  6. Schedule 2AMENDMENTS OF SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Water (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 27th November 1989.

2Amendments of public general enactments

The enactments listed in column (1) of Schedule 1 to these Regulations are amended to the extent indicated in column (2) of that Schedule.

3Amendments of subordinate legislation

The instruments listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 are amended to the extent indicated in column (2) of that Schedule.

Signature

Chris Patten

Secretary of State for the Environment

24th October 1989

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

25th October 1989

Schedule 1AMENDMENTS OF PUBLIC GENERAL ENACTMENTS

(1)(2)
EnactmentAmendment
Section 3 (grant toward expenses of local and police authorities) of the Civil Defence Act 1948f1In subsection (1) the words“, and towards expenses incurred by statutory water undertakers as defined in section one of the Water Act, 1948, not being local authorities, in or in connection with civil defence,” shall be omitted.
Section 5 (byelaws for regulation, etc. of sea fisheries) of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966f2Subsection (1)(c) shall be omitted.

Schedule 2AMENDMENTS OF SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

(1)(2)(3)
InstrumentReferenceAmendment
The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988S.I. 1988/1813In Class A(g) of Part 15 and Class E(f) of Part 17 of Schedule 2, after the words“the Drought Act 1976” there shall be inserted the words“or section 131 or 132 of the Water Act 1989”.
The Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988S.I. 1988/1199In regulation 8(6)(b)(i) for the words“a water authority” there shall be substituted the words“the National Rivers Authority”.
The Collection and Disposal of Waste Regulations 1988S.I. 1988/819

In Schedule 6, for paragraph 6(1)(c) there shall be substituted the following–

“(c)

made by the National Rivers Authority, a sewerage undertaker or a water undertaker in the exercise of its functions, other than waste from dredging operations.”.

The Local Government (Prescribed Expenditure) (Consolidation and Amendment) Regulations 1987S.I. 1987/2186
(a)

For paragraph 11(n) of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted the following–

“(n)

the National Rivers Authority,”; and

(b)

In Part I of Schedule 3, in paragraph 7 for the words“a water authority” there shall be substituted the words“the National Rivers Authority, a sewerage undertaker or a water undertaker”.

The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Wales) (No. 5) Order 1987S.I. 1987/1894In paragraph 1 of the Schedule, for the words“Severn-Trent Water Authority” there shall be substituted the words“Severn Trent Water Limited”.
The Town and Country Planning (Tyne and Wear Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1987S.I. 1987/1345In article 6(2)(g) for the words“the Northumbrian Water Authority” there shall be substituted the words“the National Rivers Authority”.
The Town and Country Planning (Teeside Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1987S.I. 1987/1344In article 6(2)(g) for the words“the Northumbrian Water Authority” there shall be substituted the words“the National Rivers Authority”.
The Town and Country Planning (Black Country Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1987S.I. 1987/1343In article 6(2)(g) for the words“the Severn-Trent Water Authority” there shall be substituted the words“the National Rivers Authority”.
The Town and Country Planning (Trafford Park Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1987S.I. 1987/738In article 6(2)(g) for the words“the North West Water Authority” there shall be substituted the words“the National Rivers Authority”.
The Town and Country Planning (London Docklands Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1981S.I. 1981/1082In article 7(2)(h) for the words“the water authority exercising functions in the area in which the development is to take place” there shall be substituted the words“the National Rivers Authority”.
The Town and Country Planning (Merseyside Urban Development Area) Special Development Order 1981S.I. 1981/560In article 7(1)(g) for the words“the water authority exercising functions in the area in which the development is to take place” there shall be substituted the words“the National Rivers Authority”.
The Town and Country Planning (New Towns in Rural Wales) Special Development Order 1977S.I. 1977/815In article 8(1)(f) for the words“the regional water authority exercising functions in the area in which the development is to take place or the Welsh Water Authority, as appropriate” there shall be substituted the words“the National Rivers Authority”.
The Town and Country Planning (New Towns) Special Development Order 1977S.I. 1977/665In article 8(1)(g) for the words“the regional water authority exercising functions in the area in which the development is to take place or the Welsh Water Authority, as appropriate” there shall be substituted the words“the National Rivers Authority”.
The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976S.I. 1976/246
(a)

In regulation 18(2)–

(i)

for the words“arrangements made under section 15 of the Water Act 1973” there shall be substituted the words“arrangements entered into, or treated as entered intof1, for the purposes of section 73 of the Water Act 1989”; and

(ii)

for the words“a water authority” and“the water authority’s area” there shall be substituted the words“a sewerage undertaker” and“the sewerage undertaker’s area”, respectively;

(b)

in regulation 44(5)–

(i)

in the definition of“specified area” the words“water authority area” shall be omitted;

(ii)

in the definition of“specified authority” the words“water authority” shall be omitted; and

(c)

in regulation 85(1) sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) shall be omitted.

The Civil Defence (Grant) Regulations 1953S.I. 1953/1777Regulation 9 shall be omitted.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are consequential on the Water Act 1989. Regulation 2 amends the public general enactments listed in Schedule 1 and regulation 3 amends the items of subordinate legislation listed in Schedule 2.