118.—(1) Section 1 is amended as follows.E+W
(2) In subsection (4)(a), for the words from “by” to “may be,” substitute “ by the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales (the “NRBW”) or a water undertaker, the Environment Agency, the NRBW or, as the case may be, the water ”.
(3) In subsection (4A), omit “and Wales”.
(4) After subsection (4B) insert—
“(4C) The “area” of the NRBW, in its capacity as a relevant authority for the purposes of this Act, is the whole of Wales.”
(5) After subsection (5) insert—
“(5A) In this Act, “appropriate agency” means—
(a)in relation to reservoirs in England, the Environment Agency;
(b)in relation to reservoirs in Wales, the NRBW.”