Water Services Act 2017

57

Amendment of section 5 of Act of 1998

57. (1) Section 5 of the Act of 1998 is amended—

(a) by the deletion of subsection (1)(e),

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) by the insertion of “on and from 1 January 2018” after “enactment,”, and

(ii) by the substitution of “to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport” for “into the Fund”,

and

(c) in subsection (3)—

(i) by the substitution of “to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport” for “into the Fund”, and

(ii) by the insertion of “for Transport, Tourism and Sport” after “Minister”.

(2) Any direction of the Minister given under section 5 of the Act of 1998—

(a) shall remain in force notwithstanding the amendment of section 5 of that Act by subsection (1), and

(b) may be amended by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in accordance with the said section 5.