SCHEDULE 10 Minor and consequential amendments relating to National Parks
Water consolidation legislation
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(1)
The references to a National Park authority in the following provisions (which impose environmental duties), that is to say—
(a)
section 4 of the M1Water Industry Act 1991,
(b)
section 17 of the M2Water Resources Act 1991, and
(c)
section 61C of the M3Land Drainage Act 1991,
shall have effect, until the coming into force of the repeal by this Act of the definition for the purposes of those provisions of the expression “National Park authority”, as if they included references to a National Park authority established under Part III of this Act which has become the local planning authority for the National Park in question; and thereafter those references shall have effect as if they were references to a National Park authority so established.
(2)
The references to a National Park planning authority—
(a)
in sections 34 and 45 of the M4Water Resources Act 1991 (regulations with respect to notice to be given of particulars of certain licence applications), and
(b)
in any regulations under those sections,
shall have effect, until the coming into force of the repeal by this Act of subsection (5) of section 34 of that Act, as if they included references to a National Park authority established under Part III of this Act which has become the local planning authority for the National Park in question; and thereafter those references shall have effect as if they were references to a National Park authority so established.