Water Management Act 2000
49Consideration of management plans by public authorities
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49 Consideration of management plans by public authorities
49 Consideration of management plans by public authorities
(1) When exercising its functions, a public authority must have regard to the provisions of any management plan to the extent to which they apply to the public authority.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a management plan may be expressed so as to apply—
(a) to a specified public authority, to a specified class of public authorities or to public authorities generally, and
(b) to a specified function, to a specified class of functions or to functions generally.
(3) This section neither restricts a public authority’s statutory discretions nor authorises a public authority to do anything inconsistent with its statutory or other legal obligations.