1Establishment of regional water boards
(1)The Secretary of State shall, as soon as practicable after the passing of this Act, by order establish boards to be called " regional water boards ".
(2)The names of the regional water boards established by virtue of this section shall be those specified in the second column of Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act; and the area for which each such regional water board are so established shall comprise the limits of supply of the local water authorities in so far as those limits are specified in relation to that board in the third column of the said Part I, and as they existed on 1st January 1967.
(3)The area of a regional water board shall be called a " region ".
(4)A regional water board established by virtue of this section—
(a)shall come into existence on the first appointed day, being the day appointed in relation to that board by an order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph, and
(b)on and after the second appointed day, being the day (subsequent to the first appointed day) appointed in relation to that board by an order made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph, shall perform the functions assigned or transferred to them by or under this Act.