The Water (Local Statutory Provisions) (Consequential Amendments) Order 1989

Amendment of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988

4.  The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988(1) is amended–

(a) in section 1(3)(b), by the substitution for the words “the Anglian Water Authority” of the words “the National Rivers Authority”;

(b) by the substitution in the definition of “statutory undertaker” in section 25 for the words “and (c)” of the words–

“(c) any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker whose area includes any part of the Broads; and

(d)” ;

(c) by the substitution for head (d) of paragraph 33(1) of Schedule 3 of the following head–

“(d) The National Rivers Authority;”;

(d) by the substitution for paragraph 34(2) of Schedule 3 of the following sub-paragraph–

“(2) Before any exercise of its powers under sub-paragraph (1) above, the Authority shall consult–

(a) the National Rivers Authority; and

(b) any water undertaker whose area includes any part of the Broads and with whom consultation appears to it to be appropriate.”;

(e) in paragraph 35 of Schedule 3, by the substitution for the words “the Anglian Water Authority or (as the case may be) the East Anglian Water Company” of the words “the National Rivers Authority or a water undertaker”;

(f) by the substitution for paragraph 36 of Schedule 3 of the following paragraph–

“36.   The Authority shall be treated as a local authority for the purposes of paragraph 1(3)(c) of Schedule 12 to the Water Act 1989 (right of local authority to receive copy of application to the National Rivers Authority for consent to discharge effluent etc.).”; and

(g) in paragraphs 10(8) and 13(7) of Schedule 5, by the substitution for the words “the Anglian Water Authority” of the words “the National Rivers Authority”.

(1)

1988 c. 4.