# The Water Resources (Miscellaneous Revocations) (Wales) Order 2017

W.S.I. 2017/1026 · made 24 October 2017

This Order revokes Orders deemed to be made under section 33 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57). Those Orders provide exemptions from the restrictions on abstraction of water in section 24 of that Act.

Made under: Water Act 2003 (Section 10)

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## Introductory text

Water, Wales
Water Resources, Wales
Made 24 October 2017
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 31 October 2017
Coming into force 1 January 2018
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Water Act 2003.

## 1 Title and commencement

The title of this Order is the Water Resources (Miscellaneous Revocations) (Wales) Order 2017 and it comes into force on 1 January 2018.

## 2 Revocation of Orders

(1) The Orders in Part 1 of the Schedule are revoked.
(2) The Orders in Part 2 of the Schedule are revoked in so far as they relate to inland waters or underground strata in Wales.

## Signature

Lesley Griffiths
Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
24 October 2017

## 1 

The Gwynedd River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1965
The South West Wales (Exceptions from Control) Order 1965
The Glamorgan River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1966
The Usk River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1973

## 2 

The Dee and Clwyd River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1966
The Severn River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1967
The Mersey and Weaver River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1968.

## 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). Those Orders provide exemptions from the restrictions on abstraction of water in section 24 of that Act.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment (“RIA”) was produced in connection with the Water Act 2003 (c. 37). 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 June 2017. Copies of the RIA and the impact assessment can be obtained from Water Policy Branch, Water, Waste, Resource Efficiency and Flood Division, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.

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