The Water (Compensation) Regulations 1983

• Citation: S.I. 1983/1267
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Title and commencement

These regulations may be cited as the Water (Compensation) Regulations 1983 and shall come into operation on 30th September 1983.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“ the Act ” means the Water Act 1983 , and “ paragraph 8 ” means paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Act;

“ the 1978 Act ” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978;

“ the compensation authority ” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 3 below;

“ the date of transfer ” means 30th September 1983.

Section 3 Designation of compensation authority

For the purposes of paragraph 8, the Severn-Trent Water Authority is hereby designated as the compensation authority.

Section 4 Transfer of specified liabilities

On the date of transfer, the liabilities of the National Water Council relating to—

(a) the payment of benefits or compensation in respect of early retirement or for loss of employment, and

(b) redundancy payments within the meaning of the 1978 Act shall be transferred to the compensation authority and shall become liabilities of that authority.

Section 5 Recovery of cost by compensation authority

(1) Where, in respect of any year or other period to which any determination is expressed to relate, the compensation authority has calculated and notified in writing to any water authority the amount of the total cost, the compensation authority may recover the relevant proportion of that cost from that authority.

(2) In this regulation, “ determination ” means a determination made and issued by the Secretary of State in pursuance of paragraph 8; “ the total cost ” means the cost incurred by the compensation authority in consequence of these regulations; and, in relation to any water authority other than the compensation authority, “ the relevant proportion ” means the proportion of the total cost specified in any determination in respect of that authority.