3(1)Subject to section 74(6) of the M1Water Industry Act 1991—E+W
(a)any byelaws made or having effect as if made under section 17 of the 1945 Act and in force immediately before commencement by virtue of paragraph 19 of Schedule 26 to the 1989 Act; and
(b)section 19 of the 1945 Act so far as it relates to any such byelaws,
shall continue to have effect (notwithstanding the repeals made by this Act) with the modifications for which that paragraph provides and as if every duty imposed on a water undertaker by virtue of those modifications were enforceable under section 18 of the Water Industry Act 1991 by the Secretary of State.
(2)Notwithstanding any repeal by the 1989 Act or this Act, Part V of the 1945 Act shall accordingly have effect in relation to any provisions having effect under the said paragraph 19 and this paragraph as it had effect in relation to those provisions immediately before 1st September 1989.
(3)In this paragraph and paragraph 4 below “the 1945 Act” means the M2Water Act 1945.