Publication of draft water resources management plans
2.—(1) A draft water resources management plan published in accordance with section 37B(3)(a) of the Act shall be published both in paper form and on a website.
(2) The persons to whom a water undertaker shall send a copy of the published draft water resources management plan and accompanying statement in accordance with section 37B(3)(c) of the Act are—
(a)those bodies and persons specified in section 37A(8) of the Act;
(b)any regional development agencies, established under the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998(1), in the water undertaker’s area;
(c)if the water undertaker’s area includes any part of England, any elected regional assembly, established under an enactment following a referendum held under section 1 of the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003(2), in the water undertaker’s area or that part of its area which is in England;
(d)all local authorities (except the council of any parish or community), as defined in section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972(3), in the water undertaker’s area;
(e)any National Park authorities established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995(4) for any part of the water undertaker’s area;
(f)if the water undertaker’s area includes any part of the Broads, as defined in section 2(3) of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988(5), the Broads Authority;
(g)if the water undertaker’s area includes any part of England, Natural England and the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England;
(h)if the water undertaker’s area is mainly but not wholly in Wales, the Secretary of State;
(i)if the water undertaker’s area includes any part of Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales and Cadw, being the executive agency responsible for carrying out the functions vested in the National Assembly for Wales relating to the historic environment;
(j)if the water undertaker’s area includes any part of Wales, but is not wholly or mainly in Wales, the National Assembly for Wales;
(k)if the water undertaker abstracts water in Wales, but its area does not include any part of Wales, the National Assembly for Wales;
(l)any navigation authority, exercising functions in relation to any canal or other inland navigation which is wholly or partly in the water undertaker’s area;
(m)any other water undertaker—
(i)which supplies water to, receives water from, or shares a water resource with, the water undertaker;
(ii)whose water resources are identified by the water undertaker, in its draft water resources management plan, as a possible supply; or
(iii)which is identified by the water undertaker, in its draft water resources management plan, as a potential partner for the development of new water resources; and
(n)the Consumer Council for Water.
1972 c.70. The definition of local authority in section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 has been amended by the Local Government Act 1985 (c.51), Schedule 16, paragraph 8 and Schedule 17, and the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19), section 1(5).