SCHEDULE 2ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
PART 1Public General Acts
Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)278
1
Section 154 is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
after “Agency”, in each place where it occurs, insert “or the NRBW”;
b
for “either of the Ministers” substitute “the relevant Minister”.
3
In subsection (2)—
a
in the opening words, for “each of the Ministers” substitute “the relevant Minister”;
b
in paragraph (b)—
i
after “Agency”, in the first place where it occurs, insert “or, as the case may be, by the NRBW,”;
ii
after “Agency”, in the second place where it occurs, insert “or the NRBW”.
4
In subsections (3) and (4), after “Agency” insert “or the NRBW”.
5
In subsection (6)—
a
after “(incidental general powers of the Agency)” insert “or article 9 of the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012 (general incidental function of the Body) (S.I.2012/1903)”;
b
after “on the Agency” insert “or the NRBW”;
c
in paragraph (a), after “Agency” insert “or, as the case may be, the NRBW”.
6
After subsection (6) insert—
7
In this section, in relation to the NRBW, references to functions have effect as references to relevant transferred functions.
8
In subsections (1) and (2), “the relevant Minister” means—
a
in relation to land in England, the Secretary of State; and
b
in relation to land in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.