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(1)This Act may be cited as the Water Industry Act 1999.
(2)The following provisions of this Act shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—
(a)section 1 and Schedule 1,
(b)section 2,
(c)section 8,
(d)section 14,
(e)section 15 and Schedule 4, so far as they relate to the repeal of section 145 of the [1991 c. 56.] Water Industry Act 1991 and the heading preceding it, and
(f)so much of any other provision of this Act as confers any power to make subordinate legislation.
(3)The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
(4)An order under subsection (3) above may include such transitional provisions, consequential provisions or savings as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provisions to which it applies.
(5)In this Act—
(a)Part I extends to England and Wales only,
(b)Part II extends to Scotland only, and
(c)section 15 and Schedules 3 and 4 have the same extent as the enactments which they amend or repeal.
(6)Except as provided by subsection (5)(c) above, this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
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