2 Transfer of functions to the Agency
Environment Act 1995 (1995 c 25) | Legislation

Transfer of functions, property etc to the Agency

2  Transfer of functions to the Agency

(1)     On the transfer date there shall by virtue of this section be transferred to the Agency—

(a)     the functions of the National Rivers Authority, that is to say—

(i)     its functions under or by virtue of Part II (water resources management) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (in this Part referred to as “the 1991 Act”);

(ii)     its functions under or by virtue of Part III of that Act (control of pollution of water resources);

(iii)     its functions under or by virtue of Part IV of that Act (flood defence) and the Land Drainage Act 1991 and the functions transferred to the Authority by virtue of section 136(8) of the Water Act 1989 and paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 15 to that Act (transfer of land drainage functions under local statutory provisions and subordinate legislation);

(iv)     its functions under or by virtue of Part VII of the 1991 Act (land and works powers);

(v)     its functions under or by virtue of . . . the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966, the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975, Part V of the 1991 Act or any other enactment relating

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