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.