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The Water Act 1989 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1989
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- 1989 No. 1146 (C. 37)
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This Order brings into force in three stages in England and Wales the provisions of the Water Act 1989, other than sections 98 to 100 (provisions relating to statutory water companies), Part II of Schedule 27 (repeals not coming into force on the transfer date) and that part of section 190 which relates to that Part, which are not brought into force directly by section 194(2) or (3) of the Act.
Schedule 1 specifies the provisions coming into force on 7th July 1989 and Schedule 2 specifies the provisions coming into force on 1st September 1989 or, if later, the transfer date (the day appointed under section 4 of the Water Act 1989 as the day on which functions are vested in the National Rivers Authority and the successor companies). Section 79(2) of the 1989 Act (which entitles water and sewerage undertakers to fix, demand and recover connection charges) is brought into force on 1st April 1990 by article 4 of the Order.
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