The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2017

Provisions coming into force

2.  The following provisions of the Water Act 2003 come into force on 1st January 2018—

(a) section 5 (rights of navigation, harbour and conservancy authorities);

(b) section 7 (rights to abstract for drainage purposes, etc);

(c) section 8 (amendments relating to section 7) so far as not already in force;

(d) section 32 (visiting forces);

(e) section 73 (border rivers);

(f) in section 101 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) as follows—

(i) subsection (1) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (g);

(ii) subsection (2) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (h);

(g) Part 1 of Schedule 7 (minor and consequential amendments: abstraction and impounding) so far as not already in force;

(h) Part 1 of Schedule 9 (repeals and revocation) so far as not already in force.