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The Controlled Waters (Lakes and Ponds) Order 1989

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Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 1149

WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Controlled Waters (Lakes and Ponds) Order 1989

Made

6th July 1989

Laid before Parliament

7th July 1989

Coming into force

1st September 1989

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 103(5)(b) of the Water Act 1989(1) hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Controlled Waters (Lakes and Ponds) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 1st September 1989.

Reservoirs to be treated as relevant lakes or ponds

2.—(1) A reservoir to which this article applies shall be treated for the purposes of Chapter I of Part III of the Water Act 1989 (control of pollution) as a relevant lake or pond.

(2) This article applies to a reservoir–

(a)which does not discharge into a relevant river or watercourse or into a relevant lake or pond; and

(b)which does not contain water treated with a view to complying with regulation 23 of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 1989(2).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.

Michael Howard

Minister for Water and Planning,

Department of the Environment

6th July 1989

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

6th July 1989

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Chapter I of Part III of the Water Act 1989 (control of pollution) applies to waters of various classes including waters of certain reservoirs. This Order defines as waters to which Chapter I applies other reservoirs except those which contain water that has been treated with a view to complying with regulation 23 of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1147).

(2)

S.I. 1989/1147.

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