The Surface Waters (Abstraction for Drinking Water) (Classification) Regulations 1996

Modification of the Water Resources Act 1991

7.—(1) Section 83 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (water quality objectives) shall have effect—

(a) as if it imposed a duty on the Secretary of State to exercise the powers conferred on him by that section to classify appropriately under these Regulations such waters as are necessary to give effect to Directive 75/440/EEC in England and Wales; and

(b) in relation to the performance of that duty, as if subsections (4) and (5) of that section were omitted.

(2) Section 104(1)(c) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (meaning of “controlled waters”) shall have effect as if “inland freshwaters” included all waters which need to be classified under these Regulations to give effect to Directive 75/440/EEC in England and Wales.

(3) Section 202(2) of the Water Resources Act 1991(1) (information in connection with the control of pollution) shall have effect as if it conferred power on the Environment Agency to require the furnishing of information reasonably required by the Agency for the purposes of giving effect to Directives 75/440/EEC and 79/869/EEC.

(1)

Relevant amendments were made by paragraph 128 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).