Deregulation Act 2015

PART 5 Environment

Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967 (c. 50)

24 The Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967 is repealed.

25 (1) The following amendments are made in consequence of paragraph 24.

(2) In the Food Safety Act 1990, in Schedule 3, omit paragraph 5.

(3) In the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008, in Schedule 3, omit the entry for the Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967.

Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12)

26 The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 is repealed.

Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 (c. 58)

27 The Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 is repealed.

28 (1) The following amendments are made in consequence of paragraph 27.

(2) In the Water Act 1983—

(a) omit section 3(5)(b);

(b) in section 10, omit the definition of “statutory water company” (but not the “and” following it).

(3) In the Water Act 1989, in section 174(8), omit “the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991,”.

(4) In the Water Industry Act 1991—

(a) in section 5(5), omit “the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991,”;

(b) in section 6(5)—

(i) after “water undertaker” insert “or a sewerage undertaker”;

(ii) omit the words from “or a statutory water company” to the end of the subsection;

(c) in section 202(6), omit “the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991,”;

(d) in section 206(10), omit “the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991,”;

(e) in Schedule 3—

(i) omit paragraph 1(b) and the “and” before it;

(ii) omit paragraph 2(b) (but not the “and” following it);

(iii) omit paragraph 5(3);

(iv) in paragraph 7(4), omit paragraph (a) and the “and” following it;

(v) in paragraph 7(4)(b), omit “in any other case,”;

(vi) in paragraph 8, omit paragraph (a) and the “and” following it;

(vii) in paragraph 8(b), omit “in any other case,”;

(viii) in paragraph 9, in the substituted subsection (1)(c) of section 23 of the 1986 Act, omit the words from the beginning of the paragraph to “that is not a limited company,”;

(ix) in paragraph 9, in the substituted subsection (2) of section 23 of the 1986 Act, omit the words from “, except where the company” to “is not a limited company,”;

(f) in Schedule 13, in paragraph 4, omit the words from “(including,” to the end of the paragraph.

(5) In the Water Resources Act 1991, in section 204(7), omit “the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991,”.

(6) In the Enterprise Act 2002, in Schedule 15, omit the entry for the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991.

(7) In the Companies Act 2006, in section 994(3), omit paragraph (b) and the “or” before it.

Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 (c. 60)

29 Omit section 10 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 (which requires a report on the operation of the Act to be laid before Parliament within the period of 6 months beginning with 1 January 1997).

Highways (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 and 1994

30 The following Regulations are revoked—

(a) the Highways (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1241);

(b) the Highways (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1002).