Water Resources Act 1963

4 Not later than the date on which the notice is first published in pursuance of the last preceding paragraph, the river authority shall serve a copy of the notice on—

(a) every local authority whose area comprises any inland water to which the draft statement relates;

(b) any statutory water undertakers having the right to abstract water from any such inland water;

(c) any other statutory water undertakers who were consulted in relation to the draft statement in pursuance of paragraph (b) of section 19(4) of this Act (including that paragraph as applied by any other provision of Part III of this Act);

(d) any internal drainage board whose district comprises any such inland water or from whose district water is discharged into any such inland water ;

(e) any navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority having functions in relation to any such inland water, or, where any such inland water is a tidal water and there is no such authority, the Minister of Transport;

(f) any navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority having functions in relation to any other inland water, where it appears to the river authority that changes in the flow of an inland water to which the draft statement relates may affect the flow of that other inland water, or, 'if that other inland water is a tidal water and there is no such navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority, the Minister of Transport;

(g) every person who has given notice to the river authority requesting them to notify him of action taken in connection with the determination of a minimum acceptable flow for an 'inland water to which the draft statement relates, and, if the river authority have required him to pay a reasonable Charge for being so notified, has paid that charge; and

(h) the Central Electricity Generating Board.