- Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 662 (N.I. 6)
The Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
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| Made | 10th March 1999 | ||
| Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(2) to (4) |
| 1. | Title and commencement. |
| 2. | Interpretation. |
| 3. | Interpretation of Part II. |
| 4. | Duty of Department to promote conservation and cleanliness of water resources. |
| 5. | Classification of quality of waters. |
| 6. | Water quality objectives. |
| 7. | Pollution, etc., of water. |
| 8. | Prevention and making good of defaults under Article 7(1). |
| 9. | Discharge of effluent into waterway or underground stratum. |
| 10. | Relationship with other statutory provisions controlling pollution. |
| 11. | Power to make scheme of charges. |
| 12. | Enforcement notices. |
| 13. | Appeals in respect of consents. |
| 14. | Regulations as to prevention of pollution. |
| 15. | Pollution emergencies. |
| 16. | Anti-pollution works and operations. |
| 17. | Notices requiring persons to carry out anti-pollution works and operations. |
| 18. | Grant of, and compensation for, rights of entry, etc. |
| 19. | Consequences of not complying with a works notice. |
| 20. | Abstraction and impounding of water. |
| 21. | Power to make scheme of charges in connection with water resources. |
| 22. | Orders as to charges for abstractions of water or discharges. |
| 23. | Power of Department to carry out engineering or building operations. |
| 24. | Acquisition of land by Department. |
| 25. | Powers of entry and inspection. |
| 26. | Supplementary provisions as to powers of entry and inspection. |
| 27. | Evidence in connection with certain pollution offences. |
| 28. | Power to obtain information. |
| 29. | Penalties for false information. |
| 30. | Pollution control register. |
| 31. | Exclusion from registers of information affecting national security. |
| 32. | Exclusion from registers of certain confidential information. |
| 33. | Maps of fresh-water limits of waterways. |
| 34. | Collection of data and information by Department. |
| 35. | Abandoned mines. |
| 36. | Power to give effect to Community and other international obligations, etc. |
| 37. | Prosecutions. |
| 38. | Repeal, amendment and adaptation of local enactments. |
| 39. | Application and interpretation of Part III. |
| 40. | Matters to be taken into account in exercising certain functions. |
| 41. | Power of Department to carry out works and provide facilities in relation to waterways. |
| 42. | Canal schemes. |
| 43. | Powers of maintenance. |
| 44. | General powers of the Department. |
| 45. | Provisions of the Drainage Order applied for the purposes of this Part. |
| 46. | Power of Department to enter into arrangements for improvement or restoration of waterways. |
| 47. | Schemes extending outside Northern Ireland. |
| 48. | Acquisition of land and other rights by the Department. |
| 49. | Regulation of recreational and navigational use of waterways. |
| 50. | Charges for recreational and navigational use of waterways. |
| 51. | Powers of entry and inspection. |
| 52. | Supplementary provisions as to powers of entry and inspection. |
| 53. | Prosecutions. |
| 54. | Power to give effect to Community obligations, etc. |
| 55. | Financial provision. |
| 56. | Repeal, amendment and adaptation of local enactments. |
| 57. | Water management programmes. |
| 58. | Northern Ireland Water Council. |
| 59. | Power of Laganside Corporation to make byelaws. |
| 60. | Protection of watercourses - penalty in relation to nuisance. |
| 61. | Regulations and orders. |
| 62. | Transitional and saving provisions. |
| 63. | Amendments and repeals. |
| Schedule 1 - | Discharge consents. |
| Schedule 2 - | Orders conferring compulsory powers for executing works. |
| Schedule 3 - | Modifications of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 for purposes of Article 24(3) and 48(3). |
| Schedule 4 - | Description of canal works, etc. |
| Schedule 5 - | Provisions of the Drainage Order applied for the purposes of Part III of this Order. |
| Part I - | Provisions of the Drainage Order applied by Article 45(1). |
| Part II - | Provisions of the provisions applied by Part I. |
| Schedule 6 - | Procedure for making orders under Article 57(1). |
| Schedule 7 - | Amendments. |
| Schedule 8 - | Repeals. |
| Part I - | Repeals coming into operation in accordance with Article 1(3) and (4). |
| Part II - | Repeals coming into operation on a day appointed by the Department of the Environment. |
