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Part IE+W+S PRELIMINARY

CHAPTER IE+W+S THE NATIONAL RIVERS AUTHORITY

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Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Textual Amendments

F2Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Textual Amendments

F3Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Textual Amendments

F4Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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F5Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

CHAPTER IIE+W COMMITTEES WITH FUNCTIONS IN RELATION TO THE AUTHORITY

Advisory committeesE+W

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Textual Amendments

F6Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22, para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Textual Amendments

F7Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22, para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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F8Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22, para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

Flood defence committeesE+W

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Textual Amendments

F9Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22, para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Textual Amendments

F10Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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F11Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Textual Amendments

F12Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22, para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Textual Amendments

F13Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Textual Amendments

F14Ss. 1-14 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 129, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

CHAPTER IIIE+W GENERAL DUTIES

15 General duties with respect to the water industry.E+W

(1)It shall be the duty of the Agency [F15and the NRBW], in exercising any of [F16their] powers under any enactment, to have particular regard to the duties imposed, by virtue of the provisions of Parts II to IV of the M1Water Industry Act 1991, on any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker which appears to the Agency [F17or the NRBW, as the case may be,] to be or to be likely to be affected by the exercise of the power in question.

(2)It shall be the duty of each of the Ministers, in exercising—

(a)any power conferred by virtue of [F18the 1995 Act,]this Act, the M2Land Drainage Act 1991, the Water Industry Act 1991[F19, the Water Act 1989 or the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012 (S.I.2012/1903)] in relation to, or to decisions of, the Agency [F20or the NRBW]; or

(b)any power which, but for any direction given by one of the Ministers, would fall to be exercised by the Agency [F20or the NRBW],

to take into account the duty imposed on the Agency [F21and the NRBW] by subsection (1) above.

Textual Amendments

F15Words in s. 15(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 265(2)(a) (with Sch. 7)

F16Word in s. 15(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 265(2)(b) (with Sch. 7)

F17Words in s. 15(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 265(2)(c) (with Sch. 7)

F18Words in s. 15(2)(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 130 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

F19Words in s. 15(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 265(3)(a) (with Sch. 7)

F20Words in s. 15(2) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 265(3)(b) (with Sch. 7)

F21Words in s. 15(2) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 265(3)(c) (with Sch. 7)

Marginal Citations

M11991 c. 56.

M21991 c. 59.

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Textual Amendments

F22Ss. 16-19 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22, para. 131, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Textual Amendments

F23Ss. 16-19 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22, para. 131, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Textual Amendments

F24Ss. 16-19 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, SCh. 22, para. 131, Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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Part IE+W+S PRELIMINARY

CHAPTER IE+W+S THE NATIONAL RIVERS AUTHORITY

F11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W

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CHAPTER IIE+W COMMITTEES WITH FUNCTIONS IN RELATION TO THE AUTHORITY

Advisory committeesE+W

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F77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W

F88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W

Flood defence committeesE+W

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CHAPTER IIIE+W GENERAL DUTIES

15 General duties with respect to the water industry.E+W

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