Water Act 1989

31 (1) In subsection (1) of section 135 of the 1963 Act (definitions)—

(a) in the definition of “abstraction”, for the words from “in”, in the third place where it occurs, to “in that area” there shall be substituted the words “means the doing of anything whereby any of that water is removed from that source of supply, whether temporarily or permanently, including where it is so removed for the purpose of being transferred to another source of supply”;

(b) for paragraphs (a) to (c) of the definition of “inland water” there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

“(a) any river, stream or other water course, whether natural or artificial and whether tidal or not;

(b) any lake or pond, whether natural or artificial, or any reservoir or dock, in so far as the lake, pond, reservoir or dock does not fall within paragraph (a) of this definition; and

(c) so much of any channel, creek, bay, estuary or arm of the sea as does not fall within paragraph (a) or (b) of this definition;”

(c) for the definition of “the Minister” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““the Minister” means the Secretary of State;”

(d) for the definition of “water resources” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““water resources functions”, in relation to the National Rivers Authority, means the functions of that Authority under this Act or any other enactment which are functions of that Authority by virtue of Chapter II of Part III of the Water Act 1989, other than functions which have been transferred to the Authority by paragraph 23(3) of Schedule 13 to that Act or otherwise by virtue of an order under section 82 of this Act;”

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

“(a) mains and other pipes which belong to the Authority or a water undertaker or are used by a water undertaker or any other person for the purpose only of providing a supply of water to any premises;”.

(2) In subsection (2)(a) of that section, for the words from “new” to “pollution” there shall be substituted the words “water resources functions of the National Rivers Authority”.

(3) In subsection (3) of that section, for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a) a sewerage undertaker”.