Water Act 1989

1 (1) Each of the following, that is to say— E+W

(a) [F1 the Environment Agency];

(b) every water undertaker; and

(c) every sewerage undertaker,

shall be deemed to be statutory undertakers, and its undertaking a statutory undertaking, for the purposes of the enactments specified in sub-paragraph (2) below.

(2) The enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above are—

(i) the M1 Public Health Act 1925;

(ii) the M2 Public Health Act 1936;

(iii) section 4 of the M3 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

(iv) the National Parks and Access to the M4 Countryside Act 1949;

(v) sections 20 and 30 of the M5 Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(vi) the M6 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(vii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(viii) the M7 Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ix) section 17(10) of the M8 Public Health Act 1961;

(x) the M9 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xi) Schedule 3 to the M10 Harbours Act 1964;

(xii) Schedule 6 to the M11 Gas Act 1965;

(xiii) section 40 of the M12 Forestry Act 1967;

(xiv) section 2 of the M13 Countryside Act 1968, in so far as references in that section to a public body are to be construed as references to a statutory undertaker, and sections 13 and 16 of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act;

(xv) section 5 of the M14 Development of Tourism Act 1969;

(xvi)(xvii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(xviii) sections 51 . . . F4 of the M15 Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xix) section 73 of the M16 Control of Pollution Act 1974;

(xx) the M17 Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxi) Part I of the M18 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

F5 (xxii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxiii) the M19 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxiv) [F6 Part] XVI of the M20 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xxv) the M21 Highways Act 1980;

(xxvi) subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, the M22 New Towns Act 1981;

(xxvii) the M23 Acquisition of Land Act 1981;

(xxviii) the M24 Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xxix) section 30 of the M25 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xxx) section 2(2)(c) of the M26 Cycle Tracks Act 1984;

(xxxi) the M27 Building Act 1984;

(xxxii) Part IX and section 611 of the M28 Housing Act 1985.

(3) [F1 The Environment Agency], a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker shall be deemed to be a statutory company for the purposes of the M29 Landlord and Tenant Act 1927.

F7 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) The references in section 39 of the New Towns Act 1981 (power of development corporation to transfer undertakings) to statutory undertakers do not include references to any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker and, accordingly, references in that section to a statutory undertaking do not include references to the statutory undertaking of such an undertaker.

(6) References in section 26 of the M30 Land Compensation Act 1973 (acquisition of land in connection with public works) to a responsible authority shall not include references to [F8 the Environment Agency], a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker.

(7) A water undertaker or sewerage undertaker shall be deemed to be statutory undertakers for the purposes of section 9(3) of the M31 Inner Urban Areas Act 1978 (loans for site preparation).

(8) A water undertaker or sewerage undertaker shall be deemed to be public utility undertakers for the purposes of the Highways Act 1980 F9 . . .

(9) In the enactments specified in sub-paragraph (10) below, “the appropriate Minister”, in relation to statutory undertakers, means—

(a) in the case of [F1 the Environment Agency], the Secretary of State or the Minister; and

(b) in the case of a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker, the Secretary of State.

(10) The enactments mentioned in sub-paragraph (9) above are—

(i) the M32 Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ii) Schedule 3 to the M33 Harbours Act 1964;

(iii) paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the M34 Gas Act 1965;

(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(v) the M35 Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

F5 (vi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii) sections 121 and 290 of the M36 Highways Act 1980;

(viii) the M37 New Towns Act 1981;

(ix) the M38 Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

(11) References to a local authority in the following enactments . . . F10 shall not include references to [F8 the Environment Agency], namely—

(i) the M39 Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(iii) Part I of Schedule 6 to the Highways Act 1980;

(iv) the New Towns Act 1981;

(v) the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(1)(a)(3)(4)(9)(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/396, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(2)

F2 Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(vii) repealed by Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991 (c. 45, SIF 86), s. 53(2), Sch. 8 (with s. 53(1), Sch. 7)

F3 Sch. 25 paras. 1(2)(xvi)(xvii), (10)(iv), (11)(ii), 42 repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6)

F4 Words repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6)

F5 Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(xxii)(10)(vi) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F6 Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(2)(xxiv) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 135(2)(a) (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

F7 Sch. 25 para. 1(4) repealed (14.11.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(r)

F8 Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(6)(11) substituted (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/396, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 4(3)

F9 Words in Sch. 25 para. 1(8) repealed (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59), s. 168(2), Sch. 9 (with s. 25(2)); S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

F10 Words repealed by S.I. 1990/776, art. 8, Sch. 3 para. 28

Marginal Citations

M1 1925 c. 71.

M2 1936 c. 49.

M3 1948 c. 17.

M4 1949 c. 97.

M5 1951 c. 65.

M6 1954 c. 56.

M7 1958 c. 69.

M8 1961 c. 64.

M9 1962 c. 58.

M10 1964 c. 40.

M11 1965 c. 36.

M12 1967 c. 10.

M13 1968 c. 41.

M14 1969 c. 51.

M15 1973 c. 26.

M16 1974 c. 40.

M17 1975 c. 70.

M18 1976 c. 57.

M19 1979 c. 46.

M20 1980 c. 65.

M21 1980 c. 66.

M22 1981 c. 64.

M23 1981 c. 67.

M24 1982 c. 16.

M25 1982 c. 30.

M26 1984 c. 38.

M27 1984 c. 55.

M28 1985 c. 68.

M29 1927 c. 36.

M30 1973 c. 26.

M31 1978 c. 50.

M32 1958 c. 69.

M33 1964 c. 40.

M34 1965 c. 36.

M35 1975 c. 70.

M36 1980 c. 66.

M37 1981 c. 64.

M38 1981 c. 67.

M39 1958 c. 69.