Water Resources Act 1991

Vesting of pipes in the [F1 Agency] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 175 cross-heading substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

175 Vesting of pipes in the [F2 Agency]. E+W

(1) Subject to any provision to the contrary contained in an agreement between the [F2 Agency] and the person in whom an interest in the pipe is or is to be vested, every pipe which—

(a) is a relevant pipe for the purposes of section 159 or 160 above; and

(b) has been laid, in exercise of any power conferred by Chapter I of this Part or otherwise, by the [F2 Agency],

shall vest in the [F2 Agency].

(2) Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to the vesting of anything in the [F2 Agency] by virtue of the exercise by the [F2 Agency] of any power to acquire property by agreement or compulsorily.

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in s. 175 and the sidenote substituted (subject to the other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3