SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 25E+W+S Minor and Consequential Amendments

Adaptation of enactments relating to statutory undertakers etc.E+W

1(1)Each of the following, that is to say—E+W

(a)[F1the Environment Agency];

[F2(aa)the Natural Resources Body for Wales;]

(b)every water undertaker; and

(c)every sewerage undertaker,

shall be deemed to be statutory undertakers, and its undertaking a statutory undertaking, for the purposes of the enactments specified in sub-paragraph (2) below.

(2)The enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above are—

(i)the M1Public Health Act 1925;

(ii)the M2Public Health Act 1936;

(iii)section 4 of the M3Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

(iv)the National Parks and Access to the M4Countryside Act 1949;

(v)sections 20 and 30 of the M5Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(vi)the M6Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(vii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(viii)the M7Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ix)section 17(10) of the M8Public Health Act 1961;

(x)the M9Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xi)Schedule 3 to the M10Harbours Act 1964;

(xii)Schedule 6 to the M11Gas Act 1965;

(xiii)section 40 of the M12Forestry Act 1967;

(xiv)section 2 of the M13Countryside Act 1968, in so far as references in that section to a public body are to be construed as references to a statutory undertaker, and sections 13 and 16 of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act;

(xv)section 5 of the M14Development of Tourism Act 1969;

(xvi)(xvii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(xviii)sections 51 . . . F5 of the M15Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xix)section 73 of the M16Control of Pollution Act 1974;

(xx)the M17Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxi)Part I of the M18Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

F6(xxii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxiii)the M19Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxiv)[F7Part] XVI of the M20Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xxv)the M21Highways Act 1980;

(xxvi)subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, the M22New Towns Act 1981;

(xxvii)the M23Acquisition of Land Act 1981;

(xxviii)the M24Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xxix)section 30 of the M25Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xxx)section 2(2)(c) of the M26Cycle Tracks Act 1984;

(xxxi)the M27Building Act 1984;

(xxxii)Part IX and section 611 of the M28Housing Act 1985.

(3)[F1The Environment Agency], [F8the Natural Resources Body for Wales,] a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker shall be deemed to be a statutory company for the purposes of the M29Landlord and Tenant Act 1927.

F9(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)The references in section 39 of the New Towns Act 1981 (power of development corporation to transfer undertakings) to statutory undertakers do not include references to any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker and, accordingly, references in that section to a statutory undertaking do not include references to the statutory undertaking of such an undertaker.

(6)References in section 26 of the M30Land Compensation Act 1973 (acquisition of land in connection with public works) to a responsible authority shall not include references to [F10the Environment Agency] [F11the Natural Resources Body for Wales,] , a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker.

(7)A water undertaker or sewerage undertaker shall be deemed to be statutory undertakers for the purposes of section 9(3) of the M31Inner Urban Areas Act 1978 (loans for site preparation).

(8)A water undertaker or sewerage undertaker shall be deemed to be public utility undertakers for the purposes of the Highways Act 1980 F12. . .

(9)In the enactments specified in sub-paragraph (10) below, “the appropriate Minister”, in relation to statutory undertakers, means—

(a)in the case of [F1the Environment Agency] [F13or the Natural Resources Body for Wales] , the Secretary of State or the Minister; and

(b)in the case of a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker, the Secretary of State.

(10)The enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (9) above are—

(i)the M32Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ii)Schedule 3 to the M33Harbours Act 1964;

(iii)paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M34Gas Act 1965;

(iv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(v)the M35Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

F6(vi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii)sections 121 and 290 of the M36Highways Act 1980;

(viii)the M37New Towns Act 1981;

(ix)the M38Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

(11)References to a local authority in the following enactments . . . F14 shall not include references to [F10the Environment Agency] [F15or the Natural Resources Body for Wales] , namely—

(i)the M39Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(iii)Part I of Schedule 6 to the Highways Act 1980;

(iv)the New Towns Act 1981;

(v)the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(1)(a)(3)(4)(9)(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/396, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(2)

F2Sch. 25 para. 1(aa) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 193(2) (with Sch. 7)

F3Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(vii) repealed by Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991 (c. 45, SIF 86), s. 53(2), Sch. 8 (with s. 53(1), Sch. 7)

F4Sch. 25 paras. 1(2)(xvi)(xvii), (10)(iv), (11)(ii), 42 repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6)

F5Words repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6)

F6Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(xxii)(10)(vi) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4