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Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 3341The United Utilities Water plc (Ullswater) (Drought) Order 2003(The document as of February, 2008. Arhiv.Online Library) STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS2003 No. 3341WATER RESOURCES, ENGLANDThe United Utilities Water plc (Ullswater) (Drought) Order 2003
Whereas -
(b) an application has been made by the Company under section 73(3)(b) of the Water Resources Act 1991 ("the Act") [1]; (c) the Secretary of State is satisfied in accordance with paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 8 to the Act that the proper notices have been published and served by the applicant in accordance with paragraph 1 of that Schedule; (d) a local inquiry has been held in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule; and (e) it appears to the Secretary of State expedient to modify the restrictions to which the Company is subject as respects the taking of water from Ullswater with a view to meeting the deficiency of supplies of water in the area; Now therefore the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 73(1), 74(2)(f) and 78(1), (2)(a), (3) and (4) of, and paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 8 to, the Act, hereby makes the following Order: Citation, commencement, duration and interpretation 1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the United Utilities Water plc (Ullswater) (Drought) Order 2003, shall come into force on 23rd December 2003 and shall cease to have effect on 1st April 2004. (2) In this Order -
Power to construct and alter works
." (2) The Company shall make such arrangements for the management of the water flow in the River Eamont, and conduct such supplemental monitoring of fish habitat in the River Eamont, as is required by the Memorandum or as may be required by the Environment Agency pursuant to the Memorandum. (This note is not part of the Order) This Order makes such provision as the Secretary of State considers expedient with a view to a threatened serious deficiency of supplies of water in the area of United Utilities Water plc ("the Company") which is served by Ullswater, by reason of an exceptional shortage of rain. Its operative provisions cease to have effect on 1st April 2004. It authorises the construction of temporary works in the River Eamont within an area marked on a deposited plan. A copy of this plan is available for inspection at the registered office of the Company at Dawson House, Great Sankey, Warrington WA5 3LW and another at the offices of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at Zone 3/H17, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE. It also varies restrictions in the Company's water abstraction licence governing the minimum specified rates of flow in the River Eamont, which are a precondition of abstraction, so as to reduce those minima. These restrictions operate by reference to the Manchester (Ullswater and Windermere) Water Order 1966. No regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in respect this Order. The Company are to make special arrangements for the management of the water flow and supplemental monitoring of the River Eamont in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding made between itself and the Environment Agency. Copies of this Memorandum of Understanding are available for inspection by the public during normal office hours at the Environment Agency's office at Ghyll Mount, Gillan Way, Penrith, Cumbria and the Company's office at Dawson House, Great Sankey, Warrington. Notes: [1]1991 c. 57.back [2]S.I. 1967/283.back [3]1991 c. 56.back ISBN0 11 048385 5 -- Back--
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