UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
2012 No. 1659
Canals And Inland Waterways
Public Bodies
Transport
The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012
Made 1st July 2012
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1), 6(1) to (3) and 35(2) of the Public Bodies Act 2011(“the Act”), makes the following Order.
In accordance with section 8 of the Act, the Secretary of State considers that this Order—
(a) serves the purpose of improving the exercise of public functions, having had regard to the factors set out in section 8(1) of the Act;
(b) does not remove any necessary protection or prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which that person might reasonably expect to continue to exercise.
The Treasury have consented to the making of this Order in so far as their consent is required by section 6(4) of the Act.
The Scottish Parliament has consented to the making of this Order in so far as its consent is required by section 9(1) of the Act.
The National Assembly for Wales has consented to the making of this Order in so far as its consent is required by section 9(6) of the Act.
Canal & River Trust has consented to the transfer of functions made by this Order in so far as its consent is required by section 21(1) of the Act.
The Secretary of State has carried out consultation in accordance with section 10 of the Act.
The Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers in accordance with section 88(2) of the Scotland Act 1998and the Welsh Ministers in accordance with section 63(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006.
A draft of this Order and an explanatory document containing the information required in section 11(2) of the Act have been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 11(1) after the end of the period of twelve weeks mentioned in section 11(3).
In accordance with section 11(7) of the Act, the draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament after the expiry of the 60-day period referred to in that provision.
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Citation, commencement, extent and interpretationCitation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012.
(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(3) The amendments, repeals and revocations made by article 7 and Schedules 2 and 3 have the same extent as the provisions to which they relate.
(4) In this Order—
(a)
(a) “the 1962 Act” means the Transport Act 1962;
(b)
(b) “the 1968 Act” means the Transport Act 1968;
(c)
(c) “the transfer date” means the day this Order comes into force.
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Transfer of statutory functionsTransfer of statutory functions
2.—(1) On the transfer date, the functions exercisable by the British Waterways Board—
(a)
(a) under or by virtue of the enactments listed in Schedule 1 (enactments conferring functions transferred by article 2), and
(b)
(b) under or by virtue of any local Act,
are transferred, so far as exercisable in relation to England and Wales, to Canal & River Trust7.
(2) Schedule 2 (which makes consequential provision to the 1962 Act and the 1968 Act) has effect.
(3) Schedule 3 (which makes consequential provision to public general Acts, Acts of the Scottish Parliament and subordinate legislation) has effect.
(4) Paragraphs (5) and (6) apply so far as is necessary for the purposes of, or in consequence of, paragraph (1).
(5) Any reference in an enactment which, by virtue of section 32 of, or Schedule 2 or 6 to, the 1962 Act, is to be read as a reference to the British Waterways Board is to be read in relation to England and Wales as a reference to Canal & River Trust.
(6) Subject to paragraph (5), any reference to (and any reference which is to be read as a reference to) the British Waterways Board—
(a)
(a) in any subordinate legislation made under or by virtue of any Act listed in Schedule 1 (other than subordinate legislation made under or by virtue of any section of the 1962 Act or the 1968 Act listed as an exception in that Schedule), or
(b)
(b) in any local Act or any subordinate legislation made under or by virtue of any such Act,
is to be read in relation to England and Wales as a reference to Canal & River Trust.
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Transfer of functions of harbour authority, navigation authority and statutory undertakerTransfer of functions of harbour authority, navigation authority and statutory undertaker
3.—(1) Where immediately before the transfer date—
(a)
(a) the functions of the British Waterways Board include, by virtue of any enactment, any functions of a harbour authority, navigation authority or statutory undertaker, and
(b)
(b) those functions are not otherwise transferred by this Order,
those functions become functions of Canal & River Trust in relation to England and Wales on that date.
(2) But paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to functions of a statutory undertaker under Part 10 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.
(3) In this article, “harbour authority”, “navigation authority” and “statutory undertaker” have, in relation to any function of the British Waterways Board exercisable by virtue of an enactment, the same meaning as in that enactment.
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Supplementary provisionSupplementary provision
4.—(1) Nothing in this Order affects the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the British Waterways Board before the transfer date; and anything (including legal proceedings) which on that date is in the process of being done by or in relation to the British Waterways Board, so far as it relates to any of the transferred functions, may be continued by or in relation to Canal & River Trust.
(2) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the British Waterways Board, so far as it relates to any of the transferred functions, has effect, so far as is necessary for continuing its effect after the transfer date, as if done by or in relation to Canal & River Trust.
(3) In this article, “transferred functions” means the functions transferred by virtue of articles 2 and 3.
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Transitional provisionsTransitional provisions
5.—(1) Schedule 4 (transitional provisions) has effect.
(2) Nothing in article 2 affects the application of section 44of the 1968 Act (account by Minister of receipt and disposal of certain sums) so far as relating to—
(a)
(a) the period commencing on 1st April 2011 and ending on 31st March 2012, and
(b)
(b) the period commencing on 1st April 2012 and ending on the day before the transfer date.
Savings
6.—(1) Nothing in this Order affects the validity of the appointment of any person to the British Waterways Board made by the Scottish Ministers under section 1(2A)(b) of the 1962 Act as it had effect immediately before the transfer date.
(2) Nothing in this Order affects any order made under section 74 of, or Part 4 of Schedule 7 to, the 1962 Act and in force immediately before the transfer date.
Richard Benyon
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1st July 2012
Michael Fabricant
James Duddridge
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
28th June 2012
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2
Enactments conferring functions transferred by article 2
Public general Acts
Transport Act 1962, except sections 1, 10 to 14, 16 to 21A, 24, 25, 27(1) to (5) and (7) to (8C), 36, 73 to 75, 81, 89 (except so far as it relates to section 27(6)), Schedule 1 and Part 4 of Schedule 7.
Harbours Act 1964.
Transport Act 1968, except sections 41, 46, 48 to 52, 107, 109, 134, 135 and 137.
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975.
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
Highways Act 1980.
Transport Act 1981.
Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.
Pilotage Act 1987.
Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Water Resources Act 1991
Transport and Works Act 1992.
Welsh Language Act 1993.
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996.
Licensing Act 2003.
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
Gambling Act 2005.
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.
Crossrail Act 2008.
Planning Act 2008.
Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Subordinate legislation
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006.
The Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment Regulations 2007.
SCHEDULE 2
Article 2(2)
Amendments to Transport Act 1962 and Transport Act 1968
Transport Act 1962
1. The Transport Act 1962is amended as follows.
2.—(1) Section 1(the four Boards) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2)—
(a)
(a) for “each Board”, where first occurring, substitute “the Docks Board”;
(b)
(b) omit “of each Board”, where second occurring.
(3) For subsection (2A) substitute—
“2A The chairman of the British Waterways Board shall be appointed by the Scottish Ministers and the other members (including any vice chairman) shall be appointed by the Scottish Ministers after consultation with the chairman.”.
(4) In subsection (6)—
(a)
(a) for “not more than nine nor less than four” substitute “between one and four”;
(b)
(b) omit “the Minister or, as the case may be,”;
(c)
(c) omit “him or”.
(5) Omit subsection (6A).
(6) Until the coming into force of the repeal (by the Transport Act 2000) of the words “the British Railways Board (in this Act referred to as the “Railways Board”)” in subsection (1) of section 1 of the Transport Act 1962 the amendment of subsection (2) of that section made by sub-paragraph (2)(a) is to have effect as if the reference to “the Docks Board” were a reference to “the Railways Board and of the Docks Board”.
3. In section 10(3)(duty and powers of the British Waterways Board)—
(b) in paragraph (g)(i), for “Great Britain” substitute “Scotland”.
