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(1)On such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, the functions of the National Water Council shall determine and all the property, rights and liabilities which immediately before the day so appointed were property, rights and liabilities of the Council shall, by virtue of this section, become property, rights and liabilities of the Secretary of State for the Environment.
(2)On such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, the functions of the Water Space Amenity Commission shall determine.
(3)This section has effect subject to Schedule 2 to this Act which makes further provision in relation to the Council and Commission, including provision for their dissolution.
(4)The Secretary of State may by order transfer to any authority, or to any person who in his opinion acts or will act on behalf of one or more authorities—
(a)such of the property, rights and liabilities of the Council, or
(b)in the case of an order having effect after the day appointed under subsection (1) above, such of the property, rights and liabilites vested in him by virtue of that subsection,
as he considers expedient.
(5)In subsection (4) above “authority” means—
(a)a water authority,
F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)a regional or islands council,
(d)a river purification board, or
(e)a water development board.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 3(5)(b) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(r), Sch. 23 para. 28(2)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power of appointment conferred by s. 3(1) fully exercised: 1.10.1983 appointed by S.I. 1983/1235
C2Power of appointment conferred by s. 3(2) fully exercised: 1.10.1983 appointed by S.I. 1983/1174
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