2017 No. 1026 (W. 264)
Water, Wales
Water Resources, Wales

The Water Resources (Miscellaneous Revocations) (Wales) Order 2017

Made
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Water Act 20031.

Title and commencement1.

The title of this Order is the Water Resources (Miscellaneous Revocations) (Wales) Order 2017 and it comes into force on 1 January 2018.

Revocation of Orders2.

(1)

The Orders in Part 1 of the Schedule are revoked2.

(2)

The Orders in Part 2 of the Schedule are revoked in so far as they relate to inland waters or underground strata in Wales.

Lesley Griffiths
Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers

SCHEDULE

Article 2

PART 1

  • The Gwynedd River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 19653
  • The South West Wales (Exceptions from Control) Order 19654
  • The Glamorgan River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 19665
  • The Usk River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 19736

PART 2

  • The Dee and Clwyd River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 19667
  • The Severn River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 19678
  • The Mersey and Weaver River Authority (Exceptions from Control) Order 19689.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes Orders deemed to be made under section 33 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57). Those Orders provide exemptions from the restrictions on abstraction of water in section 24 of that Act.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment (“RIA”) was produced in connection with the Water Act 2003 (c. 37). This RIA sets out the impacts of removing exemptions from the restriction on abstraction to which this Order relates. A further impact assessment was produced in respect of new authorisations for water abstraction in June 2017. Copies of the RIA and the impact assessment can be obtained from Water Policy Branch, Water, Waste, Resource Efficiency and Flood Division, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.