C1Part VII Land and Works Powers
chapter I POWERS OF THE F1APPROPRIATE AGENCY
Words in Pt. 7 Ch. 1 heading substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 277 (with Sch. 7)
Compulsory works orders
168 Compulsory works orders.
1
Where the F2appropriate agency is proposing, for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of any of its functions—
a
to carry out any engineering or building operations; or
b
to discharge water into any inland waters or underground strata,
the F2appropriate agency may apply to either of the Ministers for an order under this section (“a compulsory works order").
2
Subject to the following provisions of this section, the Ministers shall each have power, on an application under subsection (1) above, by order made by statutory instrument—
a
to confer such compulsory powers; and
b
to grant such authority,
as he considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of enabling any engineering or building operations or discharges of water to be carried out or made for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of the functions with respect to which the application was made.
3
Schedule 19 to this Act shall have effect with respect to applications for compulsory works orders and with respect to such orders.
4
Subject to the provisions of Schedule 19 to this Act, a compulsory works order may—
a
without prejudice to section 154 above, confer power to acquire compulsorily any land, including—
i
power to acquire interests in and rights over land by the creation of new rights and interests; and
b
apply for the purposes of the order, either with or without modifications, any of the relevant provisions of this Part which do not apply for those purposes apart from by virtue of this paragraph;
c
make any authority granted by the order subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order;
d
amend or repeal any local statutory provision;
e
contain such supplemental, consequential and transitional provision as the Minister making the order considers appropriate;
and section 156(1) above shall apply in relation to the powers conferred by virtue of this section as it applies in relation to the power conferred by section 154 above.
5
Without prejudice to any duty imposed by virtue of section 184 below, where—
a
b
it appears to him that the works to be carried out may permanently affect the area in which they are situated and are not primarily intended to benefit the inhabitants of that area,
he may include in the order provision with respect to facilities for recreation or other leisure-time occupation for the benefit of those inhabitants.
6
Nothing in any compulsory works order shall exempt the F2appropriate agency from any restriction imposed by Chapter II of Part II of this Act.
7
It is hereby declared that a compulsory works order may grant authority for discharges of water by the F2appropriate agency where the F2appropriate agency has no power to take water, or to require discharges to be made, from the inland waters or other source from which the discharges authorised by the order are intended to be made; but nothing in so much of any such order as grants authority for any discharges of water shall have the effect of conferring any such power.
8
In this section the reference to the relevant provisions of this Part is a reference to the provisions of this Part except sections 155 to 158 and 165 to 167 above.
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In this section, in relation to the NRBW, references to functions have effect as references to relevant transferred functions.
Pt. VII (ss. 154-186): Transfer of functions (1.4.1996) to the Agency by 1995 c. 25, s. 2(1)(a)(iv) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3