Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/57/part/II/chapter/III
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chapter IIIE+W DROUGHT
(1)An ordinary drought order made on the application of the [F5Agency] may contain any of the following provisions, that is to say—
(a)provision authorising the [F5Agency] (or persons authorised to do so by the [F5Agency]) to take water from any source specified in the order subject to any conditions or restrictions so specified;
(b)provision authorising the [F5Agency] (or persons authorised to do so by the [F5Agency]) to discharge water to any place specified in the order subject to any conditions or restrictions so specified;
(c)provision authorising the [F5Agency] to prohibit or limit the taking by any person (including a water undertaker) of water from a source specified in the order if the [F5Agency] is satisfied that the taking of water from that source seriously affects the supplies available to the [F5Agency], any water undertaker or any other person;
(d)provision suspending or modifying, subject to any conditions specified in the order, any restriction or obligation to which the [F5Agency], any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker or any other person is subject as respects—
(e)provision authorising the [F5Agency] to suspend or vary, or attach conditions to, any [F6environmental permit] specified in the order for the discharge of any effluent by any person, including any sewerage undertaker or water undertaker.
(d)provision authorising the [F5Agency] to prohibit or limit the taking by any person of water from a source specified in the order if the [F5Agency] is satisfied that the taking of water from that source seriously affects the supplies available to the water undertaker;
(e)provision prohibiting or limiting the taking by the [F5Agency] of water from a source specified in the order if the taking of water from that source is determined, in accordance with provision made by the order, seriously to affect the supplies available to the water undertaker;
(g)provision authorising the [F5Agency] to suspend or vary, or attach conditions to, any [F7environmental permit] specified in the order for the discharge of any effluent by any person, including the company which applied for the order (whether in the capacity in which it made the application, in its capacity as a sewerage undertaker or in any other capacity).
F5Words in s. 74 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F6Words in s. 74(1)(e) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 26 para. 8(3)(a) (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)
F7Words in s. 74(2)(g) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 26 para. 8(3)(a) (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)
75 Provisions and duration of emergency drought order.E+W
(1)An emergency drought order made on the application of the [F8Agency] may contain any of the provisions which could be included, by virtue of section 74(1) above, in an ordinary drought order made on the application of the [F8Agency].
(2)An emergency drought order made on the application of a water undertaker may contain any of the following provisions, that is to say—
(a)any provision which could be included, by virtue of subsection (2) of section 74 above, in an ordinary drought order made on the application of a water undertaker, except provision authorised by paragraph (b) of that subsection;
(b)provision authorising the water undertaker to prohibit or limit the use of water for such purposes as the water undertaker thinks fit;
(c)provision authorising the water undertaker—
(i)to supply water in its area, or in any place within its area, by means of stand-pipes or water tanks; and
(ii)to erect or set up and maintain stand-pipes or water tanks in any street in that area.
(a)an authorisation given by or under an emergency drought order;
has effect shall expire before the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which the order comes into force unless that period of three months is extended, in relation to that order, by virtue of the exercise by the Secretary of State of his power (subject to subsection (4) below) to amend the order.
(4)The power of the Secretary of State to amend an emergency drought order shall not be exercised so as to extend the period of three months mentioned in subsection (3) above beyond the end of the period of five months beginning with the day on which that order came into force.
(5)Where powers have been conferred by an emergency drought order on any person—
(a)the Secretary of State may give to that person such directions as he considers necessary or expedient as to the manner in which, or the circumstances in which, any of those powers is or is not to be exercised;
(b)it shall be the duty of that person to comply with any such direction; and
(c)where that person is a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker, the duty to comply with any such direction shall be enforceable under section 18 of the M1Water Industry Act 1991 by the Secretary of State.
(6)The giving of a direction under subsection (5) above in relation to any power shall not affect—
(a)the validity of anything done in the exercise of that power before the giving of the direction; or
(b)any obligation or liability incurred before the giving of the direction.
(7)Without prejudice to the following provisions of this Chapter, an emergency drought order may—
F8Words in s. 75 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
76 Provisions of drought order restricting use of water.E+W
(1)The following provisions apply where a drought order contains a provision authorising a water undertaker to prohibit or limit the use of water, that is to say—
(i)cause notice of the prohibition or limitation to be published in one or more local newspapers circulating within that part of the water undertaker’s area which would be affected by the provision of the order; or
(c)the prohibition or limitation shall not come into operation until the end of the period of seventy-two hours beginning with the day on which the notice is published or, as the case may be, sent to the person in question.
(2)The Secretary of State may revoke or vary any direction given by him for the purposes of section 74(2)(b) above by a further direction for those purposes.
(3)Where any purpose set out in a direction given for the purposes of section 74(2)(b) above will cease, by virtue of the variation or revocation of the direction, to be one which may be specified in an ordinary drought order, the Secretary of State shall (without an application having been made to him) exercise his power to vary or revoke ordinary drought orders, in so far as any orders in force will be affected by the variation or revocation of the direction, so as to make those orders conform to the variation or reflect the revocation.
(4)The revocation or variation of a direction under subsection (3) above shall not affect either—
(a)the validity of anything done in pursuance of an order before the giving of the further direction; or
(3)Where a drought order made on the application of a water undertaker confers power on the [F9Agency]—
(b)to suspend or vary, or attach conditions to, any [F10environmental permit] for the discharge of any effluent,
the [F9Agency] shall exercise that power in such manner as will ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that the supplies of water available to the water undertaker are not seriously affected.
(a)any drought order confers power on the [F9Agency] to suspend or vary, or attach conditions to, any [F12environmental permit] for the discharge of any effluent; and
(b)the [F9Agency] exercises that power so as to restrict the discharge of effluent by a sewerage undertaker,
“compensation water” means water which a water undertaker or the [F9Agency] is under an obligation to discharge—
F9Words in s. 77 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F10Words in s. 77(3)(b) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 26 para. 8(3)(b) (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)
F11S. 77(4) repealed (1.4.2004) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 64(1), 105(3), Sch. 9 Pt. 3; S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(o)(z)
F12Words in s. 77(5)(a) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/675), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 26 para. 8(3)(b) (with reg. 1(2), Sch. 4)
(1)A drought order may authorise the [F13Agency] or a water undertaker, subject to any conditions and restrictions specified in the order, to carry out any works required for the performance of any duty or the exercise of any power which is imposed or conferred by or under the order.
(2)A drought order authorising the [F13Agency] or a water undertaker to carry out any works—
(a)may authorise the [F13Agency] or that undertaker for that purpose to enter upon any land specified in the order and to occupy and use the land to such extent and in such manner as may be requisite for the carrying out and maintenance of the works; and
(b)may apply in relation to the carrying out of the works such of the provisions of Part VII of this Act or Part VI of the M2Water Industry Act 1991 as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order.
(3)The Secretary of State shall include in any drought order authorising the [F13Agency] or a water undertaker to enter any land provisions requiring the [F13Agency] or that undertaker to give to the occupier of the land and to such other persons concerned with the land as may be specified in the order not less than twenty-four hours’ notice of any intended entry.
(6)Until the coming into force of section 52 of the M3New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, subsection (5) above shall have effect as if the reference to that section were a reference to section 39(1) of the M4Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950; but nothing in this section shall be taken to prejudice the power of the Secretary of State under that Act of 1991 to make an order bringing that section 52 into force on different days for different purposes (including the purposes of this section).
F13Words in s. 78 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
M31991 c. 22.
(2)Except as provided by Schedule 9 to this Act, neither the [F14Agency] nor any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker shall incur any liability to any person for loss or damage sustained by reason of anything done in pursuance of any drought order or of any omission in pursuance of such an order.
(3)Nothing in any drought order shall affect the right of the [F14Agency], a water undertaker or a sewerage undertaker, in the event of an interruption or diminution of the supply of water, to recover any fixed or minimum charge which might have been recovered from any person by the [F14Agency] or that undertaker if there had been no such interruption or diminution.
[F15(4)Where a water undertaker makes an application for a drought order, the Agency may recover from the water undertaker any expenses it incurs (whether of a revenue or capital nature)—
F14Words in s. 79 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F15S. 79(4)(5) added (1.4.2004) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 64(2), 105(3); S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(o) (with Sch. 3 para. 7)
[F1679A Drought permits.E+W
[F18(8A)Where a water undertaker makes an application for a drought permit, the Agency may recover from the water undertaker any expenses it incurs (whether of a revenue or capital nature) in the exercise of its functions so far as their exercise is attributable to—
F16S. 79A inserted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 140 (with 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F17S. 79A(8) repealed (1.4.2004) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 64(3)(a), 105(3), Sch. 9 Pt. 3; S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(o)(z)
F18S. 79A(8A)(8B) inserted (1.4.2004) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 64(3)(b), 105(3); S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(o) (with Sch. 3 para. 7)
(a)takes or uses water in contravention of a prohibition or limitation imposed by or under any drought order or takes or uses water otherwise than in accordance with any condition or restriction [F19imposed by or under any drought order or by any drought permit]; or
(a)fails to construct or maintain in good order a gauge, weir or other apparatus for measuring the flow of water which he was required to construct or maintain by any drought order [F20or drought permit]; or
(b)fails to allow some person authorised for the purpose by or under any such order [F21or by virtue of any such permit] to inspect and examine any such apparatus or any records made thereby or kept by that person in connection therewith or to take copies of any such records,
F19Words in s. 80(1)(a) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 141(a) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F20Words in s. 80(2)(a) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 141(b) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F21Words in s. 80(2)(b) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 141(c) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3