Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 978

The Newcastle and Gateshead and Sunderland and South Shields Water (Amendment of Local Enactments) Order 1992

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1992 No. 978

WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Newcastle and Gateshead and Sunderland and South Shields Water (Amendment of Local Enactments) Order 1992

Whereas provision is made for the constitution and regulation of Newcastle and Gateshead Water plc ("Newcastle") in local statutory provisions;

And whereas the Director General of Water Services has made a variation under section 8 of the Water Industry Act 1991^[1]("the Act") replacing Newcastle as a relevant undertaker;

And whereas by virtue of that variation Sunderland and South Shields Water plc ("Sunderland") will hold an appointment as the water undertaker for the whole area for which Newcastle holds an appointment as the water undertaker;

And whereas Newcastle has transferred all of its properties, rights and liabilities to Sunderland by a transfer scheme under Schedule 2 to the Act;

And whereas it appears to the Secretary of State appropriate for the purposes of the above-mentioned variation and transfer scheme that the local statutory provisions described in this Order be amended or repealed;

Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred on him by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Newcastle and Gateshead and Sunderland and South Shields Water (Amendment of Local Enactments) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 31st March 1992.

Amendment of references in local statutory provisions
    2.    As from 31st March 1992-
 (a) any reference in any local statutory provision to Newcastle shall have effect as a reference to Sunderland; and
 (b) any reference in any local statutory provision to the undertaking of Newcastle shall have effect as a reference to the undertaking of Sunderland.

Repeal of local statutory provisions
    3.    The local statutory provisions referred to in the Schedule hereto are repealed to the extent indicated in that Schedule with effect from 31st March 1992.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Neil Summerton

An Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment

27th March 1992

[1] 1991 c. 56. back

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