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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Procedure Relating to Statements of Minimum Acceptable Flows, and to certain Orders and Schemes

PART IV

Joint action by Ministers in certain cases

16For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule—

(a)a case falls within this sub-paragraph if, in accordance with paragraph 8 or paragraph 12 of this Schedule, as applied by section 19 or section 20 of this Act or by Part III of this Schedule, an objection is received by the Minister from any navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority required by this Act to be consulted before the preparation of the draft statement or the submission of the proposals, as the case may be;

(b)a case falls within this sub-paragraph if ether-

(i)in accordance with paragraph 8 or paragraph 12 of this Schedule as so applied, an objection is received by the Minister from any internal drainage board whose district comprises any inland water to which the draft statement relates or the proposals relate, as the case may be or from whose district water is discharged into such an inland water; or

(ii)in accordance with ether of those paragraphs as so applied, an objection is received by the Minister from an association or person claiming to represent a substantial fishery interest which is affected by the statement or the proposals, as the case may be, and it is certified to the Minister by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that the association or person in question appears to the last-mentioned Minister to represent such an interest;

(c)a case falls within this sub-paragraph if it is the case of an order under section 25 of this Act and ether—

(i)in accordance with paragraph 8 of this Schedule as applied by that section, an objection is received by the Minister from any navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority having functions in relation to an inland water to which the order relates (ether as prepared in draft or as proposed to be altered), or

(ii)the order (ether as prepared in draft or as proposed to be altered) relates to a tidal water in respect of which there is no relevant authority for the purposes of that section other than the river authority.