The Severn-Trent Water Authority (Shelton Borehole) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/2271
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Severn-Trent Water Authority (Shelton Borehole) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 24th December 1987.

(2) This Order shall be included among the enactments which may be cited together as the Severn-Trent Water Authority Orders 1974 to 1987.

(3) In this Order —

“the Authority” means the Severn-Trent Water Authority;

“the deposited plan” means the plan prepared in duplicate signed by an Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment and marked “Plan referred to in the Severn-Trent Water Authority (Shelton Borehole) Order 1987”, one duplicate of which is deposited and is available for inspection at the offices of the Authority and the other at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment;

“the Third Schedule” means the Third Schedule to the Water Act 1945;

“the undertaking” means the water undertaking of the Authority as for the time being authorised by any enactment.

Section 2 Power to continue, construct and maintain works

The Authority, being the owner of the land described in Schedule 1 to this Order, may —

(a) continue and maintain the existing borehole on or under that land; and

(b) construct and maintain on or under that land (in addition to the works authorised by section 4 of the Third Schedule as applied to the undertaking by this Order) all such wells, boreholes, adits and headings as may be necessary or expedient for augmenting or improving the supply of water obtainable by means of the existing borehole.

Section 3 Works to form part of undertaking

The said borehole and any works authorised by this Order shall for all purposes form part of the undertaking.

Section 4 Application of certain provisions of Third Schedule

For the purposes of this Order, the provisions of the Third Schedule which are specified in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order shall, subject to the modifications set out in column (2) of the said Schedule, apply to the undertaking and are hereby incorporated with this Order.