Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 1042
Water Resources, England And Wales
The Water Abstraction (Specified Enactments) Regulations 2017
Made
30th October 2017
Laid before Parliament
31st October 2017
Coming into force
1st January 2018
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 102(5)(b) of the Water Act 2003( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Abstraction (Specified Enactments) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st January 2018.
Specified enactments
2. The following provisions of the Water Resources Act 1991( 2 ) are specified for the purposes of section 102(5)(b) of the Water Act 2003—
(a) section 21 (minimum acceptable flows)( 3 );
(b) section 39(2) and (5) (which relate to existing rights and privileges)( 4 );
(c) section 40 (obligations to take river flow etc. into account)( 5 ).
Thérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
30th October 2017
2003 c. 37 ; section 102 was amended by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90) .
Section 21 was amended by paragraphs 128 and 133 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) , by section 8 and Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Water Act 2003, and by S.I. 1997/2971 , 2002/2626 and 2013/755 (W. 90) .
Section 39(2) and (5) was amended by paragraph 128 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 and by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90) .
Section 40 was amended by paragraph 128 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995, by paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the Water Act 2003 and by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90) .