The Wye Navigation Order 2002

Wye Navigation Plan

4.—(1) The Agency shall, before the end of the period of 3 years beginning with the date of the coming into force of this Order, prepare and publish a plan (to be known as the Wye Navigation Plan) setting out its policy with respect to—

(a) the exercise of its functions under or by virtue of Parts III and IV of this Order in relation to the principal rivers; and

(b) the making of any byelaws in relation to the upper rivers and the tributaries under paragraph 1 of Schedule 25 to the Water Resources Act 1991, as modified by article 32.

(2) The Agency shall review the Wye Navigation Plan at least once in every 5 years.

(3) If, as a result of any such review, the Agency is of the opinion that it is appropriate to vary the Wye Navigation Plan, it may do so in such manner as it thinks fit.

(4) The Agency shall publish a report on the result of any review carried out under this article and the report shall set out the variations (if any) which the Agency has made following the review.

(5) Before preparing or varying the Wye Navigation Plan the Agency shall—

(a) publish a draft of its proposals; and

(b) consult the Wye Navigation Advisory Committee and such persons and other bodies as appear to it to represent interests likely to be concerned.

(6) The Wye Navigation Plan may form a part of any other plan or similar document which is from time to time prepared and published by the Agency pursuant to its functions under any other enactment.