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

First forward work programme of the Council

1.  Section 192A of the WIA (forward work programmes) shall have effect in relation to the Council’s first forward work programme as if—

(a) the duty in subsection (1) to publish a forward work programme in relation to the financial year ending on 31st March 2006 and before the start of that financial year–

(i) were a duty on the Council to publish its first forward work programme before 1st April 2006 and in relation to the period beginning on the day after the date of its publication and ending on 31st March 2007 (so as to include the financial year ending on that date); and

(ii) included a duty on the Council to explain how its activities from 1st October 2005 to the date of publication relate to the projects which it plans to undertake from the date of publication to 31st March 2007;

(b) the duty in subsection (3) were a duty on the Council to include an estimate of the overall expenditure which the Council expects it will have incurred during the 18 months ending on 31st March 2007 in the exercise of its functions; and

(c) the duty in subsection (4) to give notice containing a draft of its first forward work programme before publishing that programme were a duty on the Council to give such notice before 1st January 2006.