Provisions coming into force2
The following provisions of the Water Act 2003 come into force on 1st January 2018—
a
section 5 (rights of navigation, harbour and conservancy authorities);
b
section 7 (rights to abstract for drainage purposes, etc);
c
section 8 (amendments relating to section 7) so far as not already in force;
d
section 32 (visiting forces);
e
section 73 (border rivers);
f
in section 101 (minor and consequential amendments and repeals) as follows—
i
subsection (1) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (g);
ii
subsection (2) so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (h);
g
Part 1 of Schedule 7 (minor and consequential amendments: abstraction and impounding) so far as not already in force;
h
Part 1 of Schedule 9 (repeals and revocation) so far as not already in force.