50(1)The Water Act 1989 shall be amended as follows.E+W
(2)In section 174—
(a)in each of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2), after the word “Act” there shall be inserted the words “ or any of the water consolidation Acts ”;
(b)for paragraph (c) of that subsection there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(c)in pursuance of any duty imposed by section 197(1)(a) or (2) or 203(1) or (2) of the Water Resources Act 1991 or of any arrangements made by the Director under section 29(6) of the Water Industry Act 1991;”
(c)in paragraph (j) of that subsection, after the word “Act”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “ , any of the water consolidation Acts ” and, after that word, in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “ or any of those Acts ”;
(d)in subsection (4)(a), for the words “section 34 above” and the words “this Act” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “ section 201 of the Water Industry Act 1991 ” and the words “ the water consolidation Acts ”; and
(e)after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(8)In this section “the water consolidation Acts” means the Water Resources Act 1991, the Water Industry Act 1991, the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991, the Land Drainage Act 1991 and the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991.”
(3)In Schedule 26—
(a)in paragraph 6(2), after the words “this Act” there shall be inserted the words “ or Chapter I of Part V of the Water Industry Act 1991 ”;
(b)in paragraph 15(1), for the words “and are” there shall be substituted the words “ continue to have effect (notwithstanding the repeal of sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph) in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 and were ”;
(c)in paragraph 40(3), in the words after paragraph (b), for the words “that subsection” there shall be substituted the words “ section 28(3) of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 ”;
(d)in paragraph 41(5), for the words “section 20 of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “ section 18 of the Water Industry Act 1991 ”;
(e)in paragraph 49, for the words “section 8 or 157 of this Act or otherwise by virtue of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “ by virtue of any enactment ”; and
(f)in paragraph 54(2), for the words “Chapter VI of Part II of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “ the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 ”.