Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 2130

The East Worcester and Severn Trent Water (Amendment of Local Enactments etc.) Order 1993

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1993 No. 2130

WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES

The East Worcester and Severn Trent Water (Amendment of Local Enactments etc.) Order 1993

Whereas provision is made in relation to East Worcester Water plc "(East Worcester") in local statutory provisions;

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

And whereas by virtue of that variation Severn Trent Water Limited ("Severn Trent") will hold an appointment as the water undertaker for the whole area for which East Worcester holds an appointment as the water undertaker;

And whereas East Worcester will transfer properties, rights and liabilities to Severn Trent 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the purposes of the above-mentioned variation and transfer scheme that provision be made corresponding to provisions originally made by Schedule 26 to the Water Act 1989^[2] and that local statutory provisions relating to East Worcester be amended;

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 East Worcester and Severn Trent Water (Amendment of Local Enactments etc.) Order 1993 and shall come into force on1st September 1993.

Amendment of references in local statutory provisions etc.
    2.—(1)  As from 1st September 1993 any reference to, or to the undertaking of, East Worcester in any local statutory provision and in any charges scheme made by East Worcester under section 76 of the Water Act 1989 or section 143 of the Water Industry Act 1991 shall have effect, subject to paragraph (2) below, as a reference to Severn Trent or, as the case may be, to the undertaking of Severn Trent.

    (2)  Paragraph (1) shall only apply to any local statutory provision or charges scheme in relation to the area, things or persons in relation to which or to whom that provision or scheme has effect before 1st September 1993.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Neil Summerton

An Under Secretary in the Department of the Environment

25th August 1993

This Order amends references in local statutory provisions and charges schemes for the purposes of the replacement of East Worcester Water plc as water undertaker by Severn Trent Water Ltd.

[1] 1991 c. 56. back

[2] 1989 c. 15. back