The Water Act 1989 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/1557
• Sections: 9

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Act 1989 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1989.

(2) In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are to references to sections and Schedules of the Water Act 1989.

Section 2 Provisions coming into force on 1st September 1989

The provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on1st September 1989.

Section 3 Provisions coming into force in Northern Ireland on 1st September 1989

(1) Section 4, including Schedule 2, and section 13 shall, so far as they extend to Northern Ireland, come into force there on 1st September 1989.

(2) The amendments and repeals referred to in section 194(6)(c) shall, so far as they extend to Northern Ireland and are not brought into force by section 19(3), come into force there on 1st September 1989.

Section 4 Provisions coming into force on 1st April 1990.

The provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

Section 5 Savings of provisions

(1) The repeal on 1st September 1989 in consequence of article 2 of section 34(1) of, and Part I of Schedule 6 to, the Water Act 1973 shall not affect the continued operation of, or the power of the Secretary of State to revoke or vary, the provisions mentioned in Schedule 3 hereto.

(2) The repeal on 1st April 1990 in consequence of article 4 of section 59(3) of, and sections 74(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to, the Water Act 1945 shall not affect the continued application on or after that date of any of the repealed provisions by virtue of any local statutory provision.

Section 6 Transitional provisions

The amendments to section 16 of the Water Act 1945 (power to prohibit or restrict the use of hosepipes) made by paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 25 (brought into force on 1st September 1989 by article 3 of the Water Act 1989 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1989 ) shall not affect the validity of any prohibition or restriction imposed under that section and in force immediately before that date; and in the case of a prohibition or restriction imposed by a water authority subsections (4) and (5) of that section shall apply as if references to an undertaker were, where appropriate, references to the successor company.

Section 1

So much of article 35 of the Local Authorities (England) (Property etc. ) Order 1973 and article 34 of the Local Authorities (Wales) (Property etc.) Order 1973 as relate to a liability which is transferred to a successor company by virtue of a scheme under Schedule 2 to the Water Act 1989;

Section 2

Article 12(3) (certain byelaws of the Port of London Authority) and article 15 (extension of provisions of the Llanelli and District Water Board Orders 1961 to 1971 and the Bucks Water Acts and Orders 1937 to 1973) of the Water Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1974 ;

Section 3

The Local Government Agency Arrangements (Staff Transfer and Protection) Order 1976 insofar as it relates to arrangements made under section 15 of the Water Act 1973.