Water Services Act 2007

93

Power to acquire land, etc.

93.— (1) Subject to sections 95 and 96, a water services authority may acquire land for the purpose of performing any of its functions under this Act, and section 182 and Part XIV of the Act of 2000 shall apply to a water services authority as it applies to a local authority.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), “acquisition of land” under the Act of 2000 shall include any—

(a) dam, weir or construction which interferes with the proper drainage or supply of water F86[], or the provision of water services by that water services authority,

(b) water, or right of access to water, or right to take or convey water,

(c) waterworks or part of a waterworks, or related accessories or right of access to them, or

(d) waste water works or part of a waste water works, or related accessories or right of access to them.

(3) A water services authority may do any other thing which arises out of or is consequential on or is necessary for the purposes of or would facilitate the performance of its functions under this section.

Annotations

Amendments:

F86

Deleted (1.01.2014) by Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (50/2013), s. 45(19), S.I. No. 575 of 2013, subject to subs. (24) which excludes certain provisions from effect of amendment.

F87

Substituted by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 631 and sch. 7 ref. no. 29, not commenced as of date of revision.

Modifications (not altering text):

C21

Prospective affecting provision: subss. (1), (2) amended by Planning and Development Act 2024 (34/2024), s. 631 and sch. 7 ref. no. 29, not commenced as of date of revision.

93.— (1) Subject to sections 95 and 96, a water services authority F87[may acquire a maritime site (within the meaning of the Act of 2024) or land for the purpose of performing any of its functions under this Act, and section 275 , 276 and Part 14 of the Act of 2024] shall apply to a water services authority as it applies to a local authority.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), F87["acquisition of land" or "acquisition of a maritime site", as the case may be, under the Act of 2024] shall include any—

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