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2017 No. 1043 (C. 96)

Water Resources

The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2017

Made

30th October 2017

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 105(3) to (6) of the Water Act 2003( 1 ) and after consulting the Welsh Ministers in accordance with section 105(5) and (6) of that Act( 2 ).

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2017.

Provisions coming into force

2. The following provisions of the Water Act 2003 come into force on 1st January 2018—

(a) section 5 (rights of navigation, harbour and conservancy authorities);

(b) section 7 (rights to abstract for drainage purposes, etc );

(c) section 8 (amendments relating to section 7) so far as not already in force;

(d) section 32 (visiting forces);

(e) section 73 (border rivers);

(f) in section 101 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) as follows—

(i) subsection (1) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (g);

(ii) subsection (2) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (h);

(g) Part 1 of Schedule 7 (minor and consequential amendments: abstraction and impounding) so far as not already in force;

(h) Part 1 of Schedule 9 (repeals and revocation) so far as not already in force.

Thérèse Coffey

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

30th October 2017

( 1 )

2003 c. 37 .

( 2 )

The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) , therefore the requirement to consult the National Assembly for Wales in section 105(5) and (6) is now a requirement to consult the Welsh Ministers.

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The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2017 (2017/1043)

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