Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

Section 148.

X1 SCHEDULE 17 U.K. Amendment of Enactments relating to Water

Editorial Information

X1 The text of Schs. 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17(2)–(64), 18, 23, 24, 25, 27 Pt. II, 28, 29 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

General S

[F1 1 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any order made thereunder, any reference in any enactment, order, scheme, regulations, awards or byelaws passed or made before the coming into force of this Act— S

(a) in unspecified terms to a regional water board or the region of such a board (or any expression construed as such a reference by virtue 6 of paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the M1 Water (Scotland) Act 1967) F2 . . . shall be construed respectively as a reference to a water authority or to the limits of supply of such an authority F2 . . .;

(b) to a particular regional water board or the region of such a board (or any expression construed as aforesaid) shall be construed respectively as a reference to the water authority responsible for the water undertaking to which the enactment relates or to the limits of supply of such an authority.

(2) If there is any doubt as to the identity of the water authority referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, that authority shall be taken to be such authority as may be specified in a direction given by the Secretary of State.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Para. 1 substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), Sch. 6 Pt. II para. 56(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 17 para. 1(1)(a) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 92(73), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1967 c. 78.

The Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944 S

F3 2 S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 17 para. 2 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(d), Sch. 2

F4 3—63. S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 17 paras. 3–63 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

[F5 The Water Act 1973] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 17 para. 64 repealed (prosp.) by Water Act 1983 (c. 23, SIF 130), s. 11(3), Sch. 5 Pt. I

[F6 64 U.K. In the Water Act M2 1973 any reference to a regional water board shall be construed as a reference to water authority.]

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 17 para. 64 repealed (prosp.) by Water Act 1983 (c. 23, SIF 130), s. 11(3), Sch. 5 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M2 1973 c. 37