Statutory Instruments
WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
6th July 1989
The Secretary of State for the Environment, and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 194(4) of the Water Act 1989(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Act 1989 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1989.
(2) In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, references to sections and Schedules are references to sections and Schedules of the Water Act 1989.
2. Except insofar as they are already in force in accordance with section 194(2), the provisions specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force in England and Wales on 7th July 1989.
3. Except insofar as they are already in force in accordance with section 194(2), the provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall come into force in England and Wales on 1st September 1989 or, if later, the transfer date.
4. Subsection (2) of section 79 shall come into force on 1st April 1990.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.
Michael Howard
Minister for Water and Planning,
Department of the Environment
6th July 1989
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
6th July 1989
Article 2
Section 1, including Schedule 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4, including Schedule 2
Section 5, including Schedule 3
Section 7
Section 11
Section 14
Section 32
Section 172
Section 174
Section 177
Section 187
Section 189
Section 191
Section 192
Section 193
Article 3
Section 6, including Schedule 4
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Section 12
Section 13
Section 79, except subsection (2)
Section 101
Section 102
Section 170
Section 173
Section 175
Section 176
Section 178
Section 179
Section 180
Section 181
Section 182
Section 183
Section 184
Section 186, including Schedule 24
Section 188
Schedule 25 and section 190 so far as relating to that Schedule
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force in three stages in England and Wales the provisions of the Water Act 1989, other than sections 98 to 100 (provisions relating to statutory water companies), Part II of Schedule 27 (repeals not coming into force on the transfer date) and that part of section 190 which relates to that Part, which are not brought into force directly by section 194(2) or (3) of the Act.
Schedule 1 specifies the provisions coming into force on 7th July 1989 and Schedule 2 specifies the provisions coming into force on 1st September 1989 or, if later, the transfer date (the day appointed under section 4 of the Water Act 1989 as the day on which functions are vested in the National Rivers Authority and the successor companies). Section 79(2) of the 1989 Act (which entitles water and sewerage undertakers to fix, demand and recover connection charges) is brought into force on 1st April 1990 by article 4 of the Order.