
1 
This order may be cited as the Water Act 1983 (National Water Council Appointed Day) Order 1983.
2 
The day appointed for the purposes of section 3(1) of the Water Act 1983 (which provides for the determination of the functions of the National Water Council) shall be 1st October 1983.
3 
The provisions of the Water Act 1983 which are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this order and which relate to the subject matter specified in column 2 thereof shall come into force on 1st October 1983.
Patrick Jenkin
Secretary of State for the Environment
27th July 1983Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
John Stradling Thomas
Minister of State for Wales
29th July 1983George Younger
Secretary of State for Scotland
1st August 1983James Prior
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
9th August 1983
SCHEDULE


Column 1 Column 2
Provisions of the Act Subject matter of provisions
Section 11(2)so far as it applies to the provisions of Schedule 4 which are specified below Minor and consequential amendments.
Section 11(3)so far as it applies to the provisions of Schedule 5 which are specified belowIn Schedule 4Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3In Schedule 5, Part Ithe entry relative to the Public Health Act 1961Water Act 1973Section 4In section 5(3), the words from “but before” to the end.In section 26, subsections (2) to (4).In section 29(2), the words “and after consultation with the Council”.In section 30(6), the words “after consultation with the Council”.In section 38(1), the definitions of “the Council”, “regional water board” and “water development board”.In Schedule 3, paragraphs 22 to 30; in paragraph 31(1), the words from “and including” to the end; in paragraph 31(2), the words “and of any payment to the Council under paragraph 33 below”; in paragraph 32(1), the words “and after consultation with the Council”; paragraph 33; in paragraphs 34, 39F(1), 40(1) and 41, the words “and the Council”, wherever they occur; in paragraphs 34(6) and 40(6), the words “or of the Council”; in paragraphs 35(2) and 39E(1), the words “or to the Council”; in paragraphs 36, 38(5) and (6), 39(1), 39E(1)(b) and 39F(1)(a), the words “or the Council”, wherever they occur; in paragraph 36(4), the words “or, as the case may be, the Council”; in paragraph 38(1), the words “and of the Council”; paragraph 39F(2); in paragraph 40(3) the words “to the Council and”, sub-paragraph (4) and in sub-paragraph (8) the words from “the Council” to “Commission”.In Schedule 8, paragraph 90 the entries relative to the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.In Part III of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the National Water Council.the entry relative to the Land Drainage Act 1976the entry relative to the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 Repeal or revocation of enactments and instrument