The Water Authorities (Successor Companies) Order 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 1465

WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Water Authorities (Successor Companies) Order 1989

Made

8th August 1989

Coming into force

9th August 1989

The Secretary of State for Wales, in relation to the Welsh Water Authority, and the Secretary of State for the Environment, in relation to the other water authorities, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 4(2) of the Water Act 1989(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:–

1.  This Order may be cited as the Water Authorities (Successor Companies) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 9th August 1989.

2.  The company mentioned in the Schedule hereto in relation to a water authority which is so mentioned is hereby nominated as the successor company to that authority.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Ian Grist

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office

8th August 1989

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Colin Moynihan

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

8th August 1989

SCHEDULE

Water Authority	Successor Company
Anglian Water Authority	Anglian Water Services Limited
Northumbrian Water Authority	Northumbrian Water Limited
North West Water Authority	North West Water Limited
Severn-Trent Water Authority	Severn Trent Water Limited
Southern Water Authority	Southern Water Services Limited
South West Water Authority	South West Water Services Limited
Thames Water Authority	Thames Water Utilities Limited
Welsh Water Authority	Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig
Wessex Water Authority	Wessex Water Services Limited
Yorkshire Water Authority	Yorkshire Water Services Limited

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Water Act 1989 provides for the appointment of successor companies wholly owned by the Crown to take over the functions of the water authorities established in England and Wales by the Water Act 1973 (c. 37) so far as they relate to the supply of water and the provision of sewerage services. The 1989 Act further provides that their regulatory functions shall vest in a new National Rivers Authority created by the Act.

This Order nominates the successor companies.

(1)

1989 c. 15.