The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 5, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2005

Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2006

4.  The following provisions shall come into force on 1st April 2006—

(a) section 34 (the Authority) except in so far as subsection (2) gives effect to Schedule 1 for the purposes of inserting into the WIA paragraph 11 of Schedule 1A;

(b) section 35 (the Council) for all remaining purposes;

(c) in section 36 (transfer to the Authority and the Council of functions, property etc), subsections (1) and (2);

(d) section 52 (co-operation between water regulators);

(e) in section 100 (devolution: Wales)—

(i) subsection (2)(a) for all remaining purposes;

(ii) subsection (6) in so far as it relates to references to provisions amended or introduced by any provision of the Act which is brought into force by virtue of this article; and

(iii) subsection (7) in so far as it relates to subsection (6) (so far as brought into force by sub-paragraph (ii) above) or the amendments made by subsection (2) (so far as brought into force by sub-paragraph (i) above);

(f) section 101(1) (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the amendments made by Part 2 of Schedule 7 for all remaining purposes; and

(g) section 101(2) in so far as it relates to the following repeals specified in Schedule 9—

(i) the repeals of section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the WIA and the repeal in relation to section 219(1) of that Act;

(ii) repeal in relation to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967(1);

(iii) the repeals in relation to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 in so far as they relate to the Director; and

(iv) the repeals of section 185(2)(a) of, and Schedule 3, paragraphs 6 and 7, and Schedule 25, paragraphs 68(2)(a) and 76(a) to, the Water Act 1989(2).

(1)

1967 c. 13.

(2)

1989 c. 15.