58 Drainage and river authorities not to be harbour authorities for purposes of this Act if not possessing exceptional powers.E+W+S
For the purposes of this Act neither an internal drainage board (within the meaning of the [F1M1Land Drainage Act 1976)][F2[F3the National Rivers Authority, a water undertaker], a river purification authority a district board nor an improvement committee] shall be taken to be a harbour authority if, apart from this provision, they would only be taken to be such by reason of the fact that river works powers or duties are vested in them; and any reference in this Act to functions of a harbour authority relating to a harbour shall be construed as not including a reference to such powers or duties.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), s. 17(2)(a)
F2Words substituted by Water Act 1973 (c. 37, SIF 130), Sch. 8 para. 87
F3Words substituted (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 31(2), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58
Marginal Citations
M11976 c. 70 (73:1).