59 Main rivers in England and Wales
Water Act 2014 (2014 c 21) | Legislation

59  Main rivers in England and Wales

(1)     The Water Resources Act 1991 is amended as follows.

(2)     For sections 193 and 194 (maintenance, inspection and amendment of main river maps for areas in England and Wales) there is substituted—

“Main river map for England

193 The main river map for England

(1)     The Agency must keep the main river map for England.

(2)     For the purposes of this Act the main river map for England is a record of areas in England which—

(a)     shows the extent to which any watercourse or part of a watercourse is to be treated as a main river or as part of a main river for the purposes of this Act, and

(b)     indicates which (if any) of those watercourses are watercourses designated in a scheme made under section 137.

(3)     The map is conclusive as to the extent to which a watercourse in England is to be treated as a main river or as part of a main river for the purposes of this Act.

(4)     The map must specify the date on which it takes effect.

(5)     The Agency must keep the map in electronic form.

(6)     In this section

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