17(1)The Water Act 1989 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In section 9 (environmental duties)—
(a)in subsection (1) after the words “Conservancy Council” there shall be inserted the words “for England or the Countryside Council for Wales” and after the word “land” where it first appears there shall be inserted the words “in England or (as the case may be) in Wales”;
(b)in subsection (4), after the word “Council” there shall be inserted the words “in question”.
(3)In section 10 (codes of practice), in subsection (4) after the words “Conservancy Council” there shall be inserted the words “for England, the Countryside Council for Wales”.
(4)In section 152 (restriction on disposals of land), in subsection (5)(c)(i) after the word “interest” there shall be inserted the words “in England” and after the word “Council” there shall be inserted the words “for England”.