Citation, commencement, duration and interpretation
2.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Southern Water Services Limited (Weir Wood Reservoir) (Drought) (No.2) Order 2005.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 29th July 2005.
(3) This Order shall cease to have effect on 26th January 2006.
(4) In this Order—
“the Applicant” means Southern Water Services Limited;
“the Environmental Action Plan” means the document prepared by the Applicant entitled “Environmental Action Plan” dated 26th July 2005, a certified copy of which is available for inspection at the registered offices of the Applicant at Southern House, Yeoman Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3NX and another at the offices of the Environment Agency at Guildbourne House, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, Sussex BN11 1LD;
“the Licence” means the licence numbered 9/40/3/387/SR dated 5th January 1967 which authorises the Applicant to abstract water from the reservoir, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the Schedule to the licence, a copy of which is available for inspection at the registered offices of the Applicant at Southern House, Yeoman Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3NX; and
“the reservoir” means the Weir Wood reservoir in the County of East Sussex.
Alteration of compensation water provisions
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the provisions of paragraph 28 of the Weir Wood Water Order, 1949 (1), as set out and applied in relation to the Applicant by article 7 of, and the Schedule to, the North West Sussex (Weir Wood) Order, 1960(2), shall have effect with the modification that, in sub-paragraph (a), for the words “one million two hundred thousand gallons during the six months from May to October and eight hundred thousand gallons during the six months from November to April” there shall be substituted “3.6 megalitres”.
(2) The modification made by paragraph (1) shall be subject to the conditions that–
(a)the Applicant shall implement the Environmental Action Plan in accordance with its terms, unless the Environment Agency otherwise agrees in writing; and
(b)before entering upon or occupying and using any land for the purposes of complying with the Environmental Action Plan, the Applicant shall have obtained such rights as may be requisite for the purposes of such entry or occupation and use.
(3) This article also has effect for the purposes of the condition set out in paragraph 6 of the Schedule to the Licence (and the reasons for that condition which are referred to in note 2 to the Licence), as it applies to the Applicant as successor in title to the North West Sussex Water Board(3).
Revocation
4. The Southern Water Services Limited (Weir Wood Reservoir) (Drought) Order 2005(4) is revoked.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State,
Richard Bird
A Director
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
28th July 2005