The Water Act 1989 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1989

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2 of this Order brings into force in England and Wales on 1st September 1989 part of section 98 and sections 99 and 100 of the Water Act 1989 (relating to statutory water companies) and some of the entries in Part II of Schedule 27 (repeals).

Article 3 brings into force in Northern Ireland on 1st September 1989 section 4, including Schedule 2 (transfer of the water authorities' functions etc.), insofar as it is not brought into force directly by section 194(2), and section 13 (replacement appointments). These provisions have effect in Northern Ireland only so far as they relate to transfer schemes made under Schedule 2 to the 1989 Act so as to permit property, rights and liabilities to be transferred in Northern Ireland. It also brings into force those amendments and repeals affecting certain Acts which apply throughout the United Kingdom.

Article 4 brings into force on 1st April 1990 the remainder of section 98 and some further entries in Part II of Schedule 27.

Article 5 and Schedule 3 are concerned with transitional savings in connection with repeals brought into effect by article 2.

Article 6 provides for the continued effect on and after 1st September 1989 of hosepipe bans imposed by water authorities and in force immediately before that date. Those bans will be enforceable on and after that date by the companies which succeed the water authorities.

Provisions	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
ss. 1 to 5, including Sch. 1 to 3, and ss. 7, 11, 14, 32, 172, 174, 177, 187, 189 and 191 to 193, as to England and Wales (except insofar as already in force in accordance withs. 194(2)).	7.7.1989	1989/1146
s.6, including Sch. 4, ss. 8 to 10, 12, 13, 79 (partially), 101, 102, 170, 173, 175, 176, 178 to 184, 186, including Sch. 24, 188, Sch. 25 and s.190 so far as relating to that Schedule, as to England and Wales (except insofar as already in force in accordance with s.194(2)).	1.9.1989	1989/1146
s. 79(2)	1.4.1990	1989/1146