Water Resources Act 1991

Contents

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1. Part I · Preliminary
   1. Chapter I The national rivers authority
   2. Chapter II Committees with functions in relation to the authority
   3. Chapter III General duties
2. Part II · Water Resources Management
   1. Chapter I General Management Functions
   2. Chapter II Abstraction and impounding
   3. chapter III Drought
3. Part III · Control of Pollution of Water Resources
   1. chapter I Quality objectives
   2. Chapter II Pollution offences
   3. Chapter IIA Abandoned Mines
   4. chapter iii Powers to prevent and control pollution
   5. chapter IV Supplemental provisions with respect to water pollutions
4. Part IV · Flood defence
   1. General
   2. Supplemental
   3. Arrangements with certain authorities
   4. Main river functions
5. Part V · General control of fisheries
   1. 114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
   2. 115 Fisheries orders.
   3. 116 Power to give effect to international obligations etc.
6. Part VI · Financial provisions in relation to the appropriate agency
   1. chapter I General financial provisions
   2. chapter II Revenue provisions
   3. chapter III Grants and loans
7. Part VII · Land and Works Powers
   1. chapter I Powers of the appropriate agency
   2. Chapter II Powers of entry
   3. chapter III Provisions supplemental to land and work powers
8. Part VIII · Information provisions
   1. 195 Maps of waterworks.
   2. Annual report and publication of information
   3. Main river map for England
   4. Main river map for Wales
   5. Making of false statements etc.
   6. Provision and acquisition of information etc.
   7. Registers etc. to be kept by the appropriate agency
   8. Restriction on disclosure of information
9. Part IX · Miscellaneous and supplemental
   1. Byelaws
   2. Miscellaneous
   3. Construction of Act
   4. Judicial disqualification
   5. Local inquiries
   6. Offences etc.
   7. Other supplemental provisions
   8. Powers to make regulations
10. Schedule 1
    1. Membership
    2. Remuneration, pensions etc.
    3. Staff
    4. Proceedings of Authority
    5. Delegation of powers
    6. Interests of members
    7. Vacancies and defective appointments
    8. Minutes
    9. Application of seal and proof of instruments
    10. Documents served etc. by or on the Authority
    11. Interpretation
11. Schedule 2 · Orders and agreements for tranfer of of navigation, harbour and conservancy functions
    1. Powers to transfer functions or property
    2. Consultation with affected body
    3. Public consultation
    4. Supplemental provisions of order
    5. Objection to final order by affected bodies
    6. Public notice of order
    7. Challenge of order
    8. Effect of order or agreement
    9. Ministers’ expenses
    10. Compensation for officers and staff
    11. Power to amend local enactments
    12. Interpretation
12. Schedule 3
    1. Power to make order
    2. Consultation and notice of intention to make order
    3. Objections to draft order and making of order
    4. Procedure for making of order
    5. Notice after making of order
    6. Questioning of order in courts
13. Schedule 4
    1. Part I Membership of flood defence committees
    2. Part II Proceedings of flood defence committees
14. Schedule 5 · Procedure relating to statements on minimum acceptable flow
    1. Application of Schedule
    2. Notice of proposed statement
    3. Duty to provide copy of draft statement
    4. Approval of draft statement
    5. Notice and inspection of approved statement
15. Schedule 6 · Orders relating to abstraction of small quantities and compulsory registration of protected rights
    1. Notice of draft order
    2. Duty to provide copy of draft order
    3. Making of order
    4. Notice and inspection of final order
16. Schedule 7 · Licences of right
    1. Applications for licences of right under paragraph 30 or 31 of Schedule 26 to the Water Act 1989
    2. Section 48 of this Act
    3. Section 55 of this Act
    4. Section 60 of this Act
    5. Section 61 of this Act
    6. Licences of right
17. Schedule 8 · Proceedings on applications for drought orders
    1. (1) (1) The applicant for a drought order shall—
    2. Objections to and making of orders
    3. Notice after making of order
18. Schedule 9 · Compensation in respect of drought orders
    1. Compensation to be made in the case of all drought orders
    2. Compensation to be made in the case of ordinary orders only
    3. Claims for compensation: general
    4. Claims for compensation under paragraph 2
19. Schedule 10 · Discharge consents
    1. Application for consent
    2. Consultation in connection with applications
    3. Consideration and determination of applications
    4. Reference to Secretary of State of certain applications for consent
    5. Consents without applications
    6. Revocation of consents and alteration and imposition of conditions
    7. Restriction on variation and revocation of consent and previous variation
    8. General review of consents
    9. Applications for variation
    10. Transfer of consents
20. Schedule 11 · Water protection zone orders
    1. Application for consent
    2. Supply of copies of draft orders
    3. Modifications of proposals
    4. Consideration of objections etc.
21. Schedule 12 · Nitrate sensitive area orders
    1. Part I Applications by the agency for designations orders
    2. Part II Orders containing mandatory provisions
22. Schedule 13 · Transitional water pollution provisions
    1. Transitional power to transfer power of determination with respect to water pollution matters to the Agency
    2. Order under section 32(3) of the 1974 Act
    3. Pre-1989 transitional provisions
    4. Discharge consents on application of undertakers et ceteralaetc.
23. Schedule 14 · Orders transferring main river functions to the appropriate agency
    1. Procedure on application for order
    2. Order making procedure etc.
    3. Determination of whether to make order
    4. Notice of orders
    5. Challenge to orders
    6. Power to make regulations for purposes of Schedule etc.
24. Schedule 15 · Supplemental provisions with respect to drainage charges
    1. Raising of drainage charge
    2. Publication of drainage charge
    3. Occupiers liable for drainage charge
    4. Cases where identity of occupiers in doubt
    5. Arrangements for owner of land to pay drainage charge
    6. Power of occupier to prevent arrangements under paragraph 5
    7. Assessment of chargeable land to drainage charge
    8. Partial exemption of commercial woodlands
    9. Returns with respect to land
    10. Power to correct erroneous assessments etc.
    11. Appeals against demands for drainage charges
    12. Recovery of drainage charges
    13. Use of certain authorities as agents for assessment, collection etc. of drainage charges
25. Schedule 16 · Schemes imposing special drainage charges
    1. Submission of scheme
    2. Confirmation of scheme
    3. Notice of proposed order
    4. Determination of whether to make order
    5. Procedure and other matters after the making of an order
    6. Orders subject to special parliamentary procedure
    7. Notice of unconfirmed orders
    8. Challenge to unconfirmed orders
    9. Power to make regulations for purposes of Schedule
    10. Interpretation
26. Schedule 17 · Orders with respect to navigation tolls
    1. Orders to be made by statutory instrument
    2. Inquiries
    3. Notice of order
    4. Orders subject to special parliamentary procedure
27. Schedule 18 · Modification of compensation provision etc in relation to the creation of new rights
    1. Compensation enactments
    2. Adaptation of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
    3. Section 7 of the 1965 Act
    4. Section 8 of the 1965 Act
    5. Effect of deed poll
    6. Section 11 of the 1965 Act
    7. Section 20 of the 1965 Act
    8. Section 22 of the 1965 Act
28. Schedule 19 · Orders conferring compulsory works powers
    1. Applications for orders
    2. Supply of copies of draft orders
    3. Powers on an application
    4. Consideration of objections etc.
    5. Notice after making of order
    6. Compulsory acquisition provisions
    7. Compensation in certain cases of compulsory acquisition
    8. Compensation in respect of powers other than acquisition powers
    9. Protection of public undertakings
    10. Interpretation
29. Schedule 20 · Supplemental Provisions with respect to Powers of Entry
    1. Notice of entry
    2. Warrant to exercise power
    3. Manner of exercise of powers
    4. Supplementary powers of person making entry etc.
    5. Duty to secure premises
    6. Compensation
    7. Obstruction of person exercising power
    8. Interpretation
30. Schedule 21 · Ccompensation etc. in respect of certain works power
    1. Compensation in respect of street works powers
    2. Compensation in respect of pipe-laying works on private land
    3. Assessment of compensation under paragraph 2
    4. Compensation in respect of discharges for works purposes
    5. Compensation in respect of flood defence and drainage works
31. Schedule 22 · Proctection for particular undertakings
    1. General provisions protecting undertakings
    2. Protection for statutory powers and jurisdiction
    3. Special protection for certain undertakings in respect of street works
    4. Protection for railways in connection with carrying out of flood defence functions
    5. Protection for electronic communications networks
    6. Interpretation
32. Schedule 23 · Mineral rights
    1. Acquisition of mineral rights
    2. Notice required for the working of underlying mines
    3. Mining communications
    4. Compensation relating to severance
    5. Powers of entry
    6. No exemption for injury to mines and minerals
    7. Interpretation
33. Schedule 24 · Disclosure of information
    1. Part I Persons in respect of whose functions disclosure may be made
    2. Part II Enactments etc. in respect of which disclosure may be made
34. Schedule 25 · Byelaw - making powers of the appropriate agency
    1. Byelaws for regulating use of inland waters
    2. Byelaws for regulating the use of navigable waters etc.
    3. Byelaws for regulating the use of the appropriate agency's waterways etc.
    4. Byelaws for controlling certain forms of pollution
    5. Byelaws for flood defence and drainage purposes
    6. Byelaws for purposes of fisheries functions
    7. Fisheries byelaws for marine or aquatic environmental purposes
    8. Restrictions on powers to make byelaws for fisheries purposes
35. Schedule 26 · Procedure relating to byelaws made by the appropriate agency
    1. Confirmation of byelaws
    2. Confirmation with or without modifications
    3. Commencement of byelaw
    4. Availability of confirmed byelaws
    5. Revocation of byelaws
    6. Proof of byelaws
    7. Meaning of “the relevant Minister"
36. Schedule 27 · Emergency fisheries byelaws
    1. Emergency fisheries byelaws
    2. Commencement
    3. Notification of the appropriate national authority
    4. Publication
    5. Amendment and revocation
    6. Expiry and extension
    7. Availability
    8. Proof
    9. “Appropriate national authority”
37. Table of Derivations
    1. (1) Note: The following abbreviations are used in this Table:— 1945...
    2. (2) Transfer of functions orders (“TFOs"), where applicable in relation to...
    3. (3) General provisions contained in section 32 of the Magistrates’ Courts...