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Water Resources Act 1991
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- s. 27 27A substituted for s. 27 by 2003 c. 37 s. 6(1)
- s. 161-161AB substituted for s. 161 161A by S.I. 2009/3104 reg. 5
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- Act applied by S.I. 2010/497 Sch. 3 para. 4(2)
- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2005/421 Sch. 3 para. 5(2)
- Act power to amend conferred by 2010 c. 29 s. 28
- Act power to apply conferred by 2010 c. 29 s. 38(8)-(10)
- Act power to apply conferred by 2010 c. 29 s. 39(12)-(14)
- Blanket amendment text amended by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3 4
- Blanket amendment text amended by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3 6
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 20A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 28
- s. 20B inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 29(1)
- s. 20C inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 31(1)
- s. 24A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 1(1)
- s. 25A excluded by S.I. 2006/641 reg. 26
- s. 25A-25C inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 30
- s. 25A(5)-(9) applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 37 s. 4(3)(a)
- s. 25B excluded by S.I. 2006/641 reg. 26
- s. 25C excluded by S.I. 2006/641 reg. 26
- s. 33A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 9
- s. 36A excluded by S.I. 2006/641 Sch. 2 para. 8(2)
- s. 36A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 13(1)
- s. 37A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 14(2)
- s. 39A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 17(1)
- s. 39A modified by S.I. 2005/968 Sch. 1 para. 2(1)
- s. 39B inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 18
- s. 46A applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2006/641 reg. 17
- s. 46A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 20
- s. 48A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 24(1)s. 24(3)(a)
- s. 48A(1) excluded by 2008 c. 18 s. 46(1)
- s. 48A(5) excluded by 2008 c. 18 s. 46(4)
- s. 59A applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2006/641 reg. 21
- s. 59A-59D and cross-heading inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 23(1)
- s. 59C applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2006/641 reg. 22
- s. 61A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 26
- s. 161AB(1) text amended by S.I. 2010/675 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 8(8)(b)
- s. 161AB(4) repealed by S.I. 2010/675 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 8(2)(n) Sch. 28
- s. 161ZC(1) text amended by S.I. 2010/675 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 8(8)(a)
- s. 161ZC(5) repealed by S.I. 2010/675 Sch. 26 Pt. 1 para. 8(2)(m) Sch. 28
- s. 199A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 8(6)
- Sch. 27 inserted by 2009 c. 23 s. 225(2)
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Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:
- S.I. 2003/766 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 40)
- S.I. 2003/1725 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 9)
- S.I. 2003/1900 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 21)
- S.I. 2003/2681 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 20)
- S.I. 2003/3142 art. 2-4 commences (2002 c. 11 and 2003 c. 21)
- S.I. 2004/641 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2004/827 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 20)
- S.I. 2004/910 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2004/2184 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 20)
- S.I. 2004/2304 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)
- S.I. 2004/2528 art. 2-3 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2004/2916 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2004/2917 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)
- S.I. 2005/968 art. 2 3 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2005/1444 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 14)
- S.I. 2005/2714 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2006/984 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2006/2541 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 16)
- S.I. 2008/3068 art. 2-5 commences (2008 c. 17)
- S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
- S.I. 2009/3345 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 23)
- S.I. 2010/298 art. 2 Sch. commences (2009 c. 23)
- S.I. 2010/2169 art. 3-5 commences (2010 c. 29)
- S.I. 2011/95 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 29)
- S.I. 2011/556 art. 1-3 commences (2009 c. 23)
- S.I. 2011/694 art. 3 4 commences (2010 c. 29)
- S.I. 2011/1770 art. 3 commences (2010 c. 29)
- S.I. 2011/2204 art. 3 4 commences (2010 c. 29)
- S.I. 2011/2329 art. 2 3 commences (2011 c. 5)
- S.I. 2011/2856 art. 3 Commencement Order
- 2006 No. 2 Instrument made by Archbishops commences (2006 No. 1)
Powers of entryE+W
5(1)Any person designated in writing for the purpose by the [F1Agency] may, for any purpose specified in sub-paragraph (2) below—E+W
(a)enter on any land in which the mines or minerals are, or are thought to be, being worked, and which is in or near to the land where any part of the [F1Agency’s] undertaking is situated; and
(b)enter the mines and any works connected with the mines.
(2)The purposes mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above are—
(a)carrying out any inspection under paragraph 2(2) above;
(b)ascertaining whether any mines or minerals have been worked so as to damage the undertaking of the [F1Agency]; and
(c)carrying out any works and taking any other steps which the [F1Agency] in question is authorised to carry out or take under paragraph 2(6) above.
(3)A person authorised to enter any premises under this paragraph may—
(a)make use of any equipment belonging to the owner of the mines or minerals in question; and
(b)use all necessary means for discovering the distance from any part of the undertaking of the [F1Agency] to the parts of the mines or the minerals which are, or are about to be, worked.
(4)Schedule 20 to this Act shall apply in relation to the powers conferred by this paragraph as it applies to the powers conferred by sections 169 to 172 of this Act.
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F1Words in Sch. 23 para. 5 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
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