93 Water protection zones
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

93  Water protection zones

[(1)     Where the appropriate national authority considers that either or both of subsections (2) and (2A) is satisfied in relation to any area, it may by order make provision—

(a)     designating that area as a water protection zone; and

(b)     regulating the carrying on in that zone of such activities as may be specified or described in the order.]

[(1A)     An order under this section may regulate activities carried on in a water protection zone by—

(a)     prohibiting or restricting the carrying on of those activities in the zone; or

(b)     imposing requirements on persons who carry on those activities in the zone to take such steps as may be specified or described in the order.

(1B)     The power under subsection (1A)(b) is exercisable only for the purpose of [achievement of] any applicable environmental objectives.]

(2)     For the purposes of subsection (1) above this subsection is satisfied in relation to any area if . . . it is appropriate, with a view to preventing or controlling the entry of any poisonous, noxious or polluting matter into controlled waters, to prohibit or restrict the carrying on in that area of activities which the [appropriate national authority] considers

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