Commentary on Sections Part 1: Abstraction and Impounding 89. .Section 29: Water resources management schemes: referral to Secretary of State.
Water undertakers or other abstractors may be unwilling to enter into or maintain (or vary) water management arrangements with the EA. This section gives the Agency the power to refer to the Secretary of State the question whether such arrangements should be entered into, renewed or varied and, if so, what their terms should be. The Secretary of State may refer such issues to an appointed person for determination.
90.Provisions in this section are devolved to the Assembly.