The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
66(1)In section 27(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (interpretation of Part I of that Act), in the definition of “authorised person”, after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(d)any person authorised in writing by the National Rivers Authority, a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker;”.
(2)In section 36(7) of that Act (marine nature reserves), in the definition of “relevant authority”, for the words “a water authority or any other statutory water undertakers,” there shall be substituted the words “the National Rivers Authority, a water undertaker, a sewerage undertaker,”.