Water Resources Act 1991

15 General duties with respect to the water industry. E+W

(1) It shall be the duty of the [F1 Agency], in exercising any of its powers under any enactment, to have particular regard to the duties imposed, by virtue of the provisions of Parts II to IV of the M1 Water Industry Act 1991, on any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker which appears to the [F1 Agency] to be or to be likely to be affected by the exercise of the power in question.

(2) It shall be the duty of each of the Ministers, in exercising—

(a) any power conferred by virtue of [F2 the 1995 Act,]this Act, the M2 Land Drainage Act 1991, the Water Industry Act 1991 or the M3 Water Act 1989 in relation to, or to decisions of, the [F1 Agency]; or

(b) any power which, but for any direction given by one of the Ministers, would fall to be exercised by the [F1 Agency],

to take into account the duty imposed on the [F1 Agency] by subsection (1) above.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 15 substituted (subject to the other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

F2 Words in s. 15(2)(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 130 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

Marginal Citations

M1 1991 c. 56.

M2 1991 c. 59.

M3 1989 c. 15.