5. Section 30C of the Control of Pollution Act 1974(1) (water quality objectives) shall have effect as if–
(a)it imposed a duty on the Secretary of State to exercise his powers under that section to apply the classification DS4 to all inland waters and the classification DS5 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters and to specify 1st April 1998 as the relevant date in each case; and
(b)in relation to performance of that duty and the resulting water quality objectives, subsections (3) to (6) of that section (reviews and consultation requirements) were omitted.
1974 c. 40: Section 30C was inserted by section 169 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 23 to the Water Act 1989 (c. 15) and was amended by section 120 and paragraph 29(2) and (4) of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).