3.—(1) Section 174 of the Water Act 1989(1) (general restrictions on disclosure of information) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2)(a) (exceptions from prohibition on disclosure)—
(a)for the words “the Authority” there shall be substituted the words “the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency”; and
(b)after the words “any of the water consolidation Acts” there shall be added the words “or the Environment Act 1995”.
(3) In subsection (2)(j) after the words “any of the water consolidation Acts” there shall be inserted the words “, the Environment Act 1995”.
(4) In subsection (4)—
(a)for the words “the Authority” there shall be substituted the words “the Environment Agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency”; and
(b)after the words “the water consolidation Acts” there shall be added the words “or the Environment Act 1995”.
1989 c. 15; section 174 was amended by paragraph 50 of Schedule 1 to the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60).