Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 1046
Water Resources, England
The Water Abstraction (Revocations etc. ) (England) Order 2017
Made
30th October 2017
Laid before Parliament
31st October 2017
Coming into force
1st January 2018
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) and (7) of the Water Act 2003( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Water Abstraction (Revocations etc.) (England) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st January 2018.
Revocations
2. —(1) The Orders mentioned in Part 1 of the Schedule are revoked( 2 ).
(2) The Orders mentioned in Part 2 of the Schedule are revoked so far as they relate to inland waters or underground strata in England.
Amendment of the Northumbrian Water Authority Act 1981
3. —(1)The Northumbrian Water Authority Act 1981( 3 ) is amended as follows.
(2) Omit section 4 (exception of small abstractions from licensing control).
(3) In subsection (2) of section 5 (registration of abstractions excepted from licensing control)—
(a) at the end of paragraph (b) omit “; and”;
(b) omit paragraph (c).
(4) In section 6 (classification of springs for exception from licensing control) omit the words from “or for an order” to “this Act”.
Thérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
30th October 2017
Article 2
SCHEDULE Revocations
PART 1 Revocation of Orders
The Bristol Avon River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1967( 4 )
The Somerset River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1967( 5 )
The Devon River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1970( 6 )
The Great Ouse River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1970( 7 )
The Northumbrian Water Authority (Exemption from Licensing Control) Order 1984( 8 )
PART 2 Revocation of Orders so far as they relate to England
The Dee and Clwyd River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1966( 9 )
The Severn River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1967( 10 )
The Mersey and Weaver River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 1968( 11 )
2003 c. 37 . See section 10(3) for the definition of “the appropriate authority”.
The Orders in the Schedule were made under section 25 of the Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38) . This section was repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60) . The 1991 Act, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, provides that any subordinate legislation made under the Water Resources Act 1963 is to have effect as if made under section 33 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) . Such legislation continues in force, despite the repeal of section 33 of the Water Resources Act 1991, by virtue of section 10(11) of the Water Act 2003.