This Order brings into force, on 1st January 2018, paragraph 2 of Schedule 21 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) for all remaining purposes. That paragraph substitutes section 222 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) to provide that the provisions of that Act, including Part 2, bind the Crown.
Link: The Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 25) Order 2017
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