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(1) This Order may be cited as the Northumbrian Water and Essex and Suffolk Water (Amendment of Local Enactments Etc.) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
(2) In this Order—
 “Northumbrian” means Northumbrian Water Limited; and
 “Essex and Suffolk” means Essex and Suffolk Water plc.
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(1) Any reference to Essex and Suffolk, or to the undertaking of Essex and Suffolk, in any local statutory provision and in any charges scheme made by Essex and Suffolk under section 76 of the Water Act 1989 or section 143 of the Water Industry Act 1991 shall have effect, subject to paragraph (2), as a reference to Northumbrian or, as the case may be, to the undertaking of Northumbrian.
(2) Paragraph (1) only applies to any local statutory provision or charges scheme in relation to the area, things or persons in relation to which or whom that provision or scheme has effect before 1st April 2000.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Bob Dinwiddy
A Senior Civil Servant in the
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
23rd March 2000