Water Act 1989

68 (1) In section 98 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (use of certain conduits)— E+W

(a) in subsection (7)(b), for the word “authority” there shall be substituted the word “person”;

(b) in subsection (8)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for the words “another authority” there shall be substituted the words “another person”; and

(ii) for the words “other authority”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “other person”;

and

(c) in subsection (9)—

(i) for paragraph (a) of the definition of “water authority” there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a) in England and Wales, means the National Rivers Authority or a water undertaker;”

(ii) for paragraph (a) of the definition of “water main” there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a) in England and Wales, means a water main within the meaning of the Water Act 1989 or any resource main within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 19 to that Act;”.

(2) In section 101 of that Act (general restrictions on disclosure of information)—

F1 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) in subsection (3), after paragraph (i) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(j) the Water Act 1989.”

(3) In paragraph 23(10) of Schedule 2 to that Act (undertaker’s works), in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant undertaker”, after the word “undertaking;” there shall be inserted the word “or”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 25 para. 68(2)(a) repealed (1.4.2006) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), s. 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 26(6), Sch. 9 Pt. 3; S.I. 2005/2714, art. 4(f)(g)