Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)

Part V E+W GENERAL CONTROL OF FISHERIES

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. V (ss. 114-116): certain functions transferred to the Environment Agency (subject to other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 2(1)(a)(v) (with ss. 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3 (with art. 4)

116 Power to give effect to international obligations [F1 etc.] E+W

[F2 (1)] Each of the Ministers shall have power by regulations to provide that the provisions of this Part or of any other enactment relating to the carrying out by the [F3 appropriate agency] of such of its functions as relate to fisheries shall have effect with such modifications as may be prescribed by the regulations for the purpose of F4 ...—

[F5 (a) giving effect to any [F6 assimilated] obligations, or]

(b) [F7 enabling Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom to give effect] to any international agreement to which the United Kingdom is for the time being a party.

(2) In subsection (1), the reference to functions includes any functions conferred on the [F3 appropriate agency] by virtue of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 116 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/558), regs. 1(1), 4(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 S. 116(1): s. 116 renumbered as s. 116(1) (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 16 para. 22(a); S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 15(i)

F3 Words in s. 116 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 274(d) (with Sch. 7)

F4 Words in s. 116(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/558), regs. 1(1), 4(4)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 S. 116(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/558), regs. 1(1), 4(4)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Word in s. 116(1)(a) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 31(2)(b)

F7 Words in s. 116(1)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/558), regs. 1(1), 4(4)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 116 excluded by S.I. 1999/1746, arts. 1(1), 4(1) (with art. 2) (the exclusion coming into force immediately before the principal appointed day (1.7.1999 appointed by S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3))