Water Act 1989

61 (1) In section 4 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (power to direct bodies to publish information)—

(a) for paragraph (c) of subsection (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(c) the National Rivers Authority.”

(b) after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(5A) In this section “the relevant Minister” means, in relation to the National Rivers Authority, the Secretary of State or the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.”

and

(c) in subsection (6), for the words “subsection (5)” there shall be substituted the words “subsections (5) and (5A)”.

(2) In section 8(1)(b) of that Act (meaning of “functional work”), for sub-paragraph (ii) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(ii) a sewerage undertaker; or”.

(3) In section 108(1) of that Act (meaning of “statutory undertakers” for the purposes of Part XII of that Act), in paragraph (a) for the words “hydraulic power or water” there shall be substituted the words “or hydraulic power”.

(4) In section 170(1) of that Act (meaning of “statutory undertakers” for the purposes of Part XVI of that Act), in paragraph (a) for the words “hydraulic power or water” there shall be substituted the words “or hydraulic power”.

(5) In section 185(2)(b) of that Act (byelaws in relation to the operation of pleasure boats or vessels on inland waters), for the words “a water authority” there shall be substituted the words “the National Rivers Authority”.

(6) In Schedule 16 to that Act (bodies to whom Part X of that Act applies)—

(a) after paragraph 17 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“17A The National Rivers Authority”;

and

(b) in the definition of “statutory undertakers”, for the words “hydraulic power or water” there shall be substituted the words “or hydraulic power”.

(7) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 19 to that Act (public authorities defined for the purposes of section 103(5) of that Act), for the words “hydraulic power or water” there shall be substituted the words “or hydraulic power”.