Water Act 1983

Supplemental U.K.

9 Orders and regulations. E+W

(1) Any power of the Secretary of State to make an order or regulations under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which, except in the case of an order under section 3(1) or (2), 8(3) or 11(5) of this Act or paragraphs 3(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 2 to this Act, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(2) Any order or regulations under this Act may make different provision for different cases or descriptions of case, including different provision for different areas, and may contain such incidental or supplemental provision as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

10 Interpretation. E+W

—In this Act—

• “appointed day” means, in relation to the Council or, as the case may be, Commission, the day appointed under section 3 of this Act in relation to that body.

• “Commission” means the Water Space Amenity Commission,

• “Council” means the National Water Council.

• “principal Act” means the M1 Water Act 1973,

• “river purification board” means a board established under section 135 of the M2 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973,

• F1 ... and

• “water development board” has the meaning given by section 109(1) of the M3 Water (Scotland) Act 1980.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 10 omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(r), Sch. 23 para. 28(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1973 c. 37.

M2 1973 c. 65.

M3 1980 c. 45.

11 Short title and commencement, etc. U.K.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Water Act 1983.

(2) Schedule 4 to this Act (which makes minor and consequential amendments) shall have effect.

(3) The enactments and instruments specified in Schedule 5 to this Act are hereby repealed or, as the case may be, revoked to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(4) The following provisions of this Act—

(a) sections 2 to 6;

(b) sections 9 and 10;

(c) this section, except subsections (2) and (3);

(d) Schedule 2;

(e) Schedule 3;

(f) paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 4 and subsection (2) of this section so far as relating to those paragraphs; and

(g) the revocation by Schedule 5 of the M4 Water Authorities and National Water Council (Limit on Borrowing) Order 1982 and subsection (3) of this section so far as relating to that revocation;

shall come into force on the passing of this Act.

(5) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.

(6) An order under subsection (5) above appointing a day for the commencement of section 1 of this Act may make provision for the existing members of water authorities, other than the chairmen, to vacate office before that day; but no such provision shall be taken as preventing the reappointment of any such person under the provisions substituted by that section.

(7) The following provisions of this Act—

(a) section 1(2);

(b) section 3(1) and (3) to (5);

(c) this section;

(d) Part I of Schedule 2;

extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland and any repeal by Schedule 5 to this Act of an enactment which extends to Scotland or Northern Ireland has the same extent as that enactment, but otherwise this Act extends to England and Wales only.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Power of appointment conferred by s. 11(5) partly exercised: S.I. 1983/1173, 1234

Marginal Citations

M4 S.I. 1982/944.