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.