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Textual Amendments
F1Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
Sections 2, 4 and 23.
1—21.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 3 Pts. I, III (paras. 1–21, 31–43) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58) (subject to savings for para. 36 as mentioned in Sch. 26 para. 52 and to savings with modifications for paras. 2(1), 5, 7 as mentioned in S.I. 1989/1161, regs. 3, 4, Sch. 1)
22—30.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 3 Pt. II (paras. 22 – 30) repealed by Water Act 1983 (c. 23, SIF 130), Sch. 2 para. 3(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I
31—43.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 3 Pts. I, III (paras. 1–21, 31–43) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58) (subject to savings for para. 36 as mentioned in Sch. 26 para. 52 and to savings with modifications for paras. 2(1), 5, 7 as mentioned in S.I. 1989/1161, regs. 3, 4, Sch. 1)
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 4 and Sch. 4A (which was inserted by Water Act 1983 (c.23, SIF 130), ss. 3(3), 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(1), Sch. 3) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 5 repealed by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70, SIF 130), Sch. 8
1—10.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 6, Pt. I (paras. 1–10) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. II (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58) (subject to a saving as mentioned in S.I. 1989/1557, art. 5(1) )
Textual Amendments
F8Sch. 6 Pt. II (paras. 11–17) repealed (prosp.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 190, 194(4), Sch. 27 Pt. II (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
11E+WSubject to paragraph 12 below, any local statutory provision to which this Part of this Schedule applies and which is not continued in force by any other provision of this Act shall—
(a)notwithstanding the transfer of functions and abolition of bodies effected by or under this Act and, in the case of an instrument made under any enactment, notwithstanding the repeal of that enactment, continue to apply on and after 1st April 1974 to, but only to, the area, things or persons to which or to whom it applies before that date;
(b)have effect subject to any necessary modifications and to the modifications made by paragraph 13 below;
but the continuation by this paragraph of an instrument made under any enactment shall not be construed as prejudicing any power to vary or revoke the instrument which is exercisable apart from this paragraph.
12E+WParagraph 11 above shall have effect subject to the provisions of—
(a)this Act and any Act passed after this Act and before 1st April 1974;
(b)any order made under section 254 of the 1972 Act, as applied by section 34 above, or paragraph 14 or 15 below.
13E+WAs from 1st April 1974 any local statutory provision to which this Part of this Schedule applies and which immediately before that date applies to an area which on that date becomes comprised in one or more water authority areas shall have effect, so far as relates to functions which on that date become exercisable by a water authority and to things done or falling to be done in the exercise of those functions, as if for any reference to the body by whom the functions were exercisable immediately before that date there were substituted a reference to that water authority, or where the former area becomes comprised in two or more water authority areas, the water authority for the water authority area in or as respects which that thing falls to be done.
14E+WParagraph 13 above shall have effect subject to any provision to the contrary made by, or by any instrument made under, this Act and, without prejudice to the foregoing, the Secretary of State may by order provide for the exercise of functions conferred by any local statutory provision to which this Part of this Schedule applies and exclude the operation of that paragraph where it would otherwise conflict with any provision of the order.
15E+WWhere any local statutory provision is continued in force in any area by paragraph 11 above or is amended or modified in its application to any area by an order under section 254 of the 1972 Act, as applied by section 34 above, the appropriate Minister or Ministers may by that order, or in the case of a provision continued as aforesaid, by an order under this paragraph—
(a)extend the provision throughout the water authority area in which it is continued in force or extend it to a part of that area in which it was not previously in force;
(b)provide that that provision as so continued, amended, modified or extended shall have effect in that area or part to the exclusion of any enactment for corresponding purposes, including any enactment contained in or applied by this Act;
(c)make such modifications of any such enactment in its application to that area or part as would secure that the enactment will operate harmoniously with the said provision in that area or part;
(d)repeal or revoke any local statutory provision to which this Part of this Schedule applies and which appears to the appropriate Minister or Ministers to have become spent, obsolete or unnecessary or to have been substantially superseded by any enactment or instrument which applies or may be applied to the area, persons or things to which or to whom that provision applies;
(e)make such modifications of any local statutory provision to which this Part of this Schedule applies in its application to a water authority area or part of such an area as appear to the appropriate Minister or Ministers to be expedient.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Functions under para. 15 exerciseable by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food alone or jointly with the Secretary of State, in relation to Welsh National Water Development Authority, now exerciseable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1978/272, Sch. 3 para. 5(2)
16E+WA statutory instrument containing an order under paragraph 15 above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
17E+WThis Part of this Schedule applies to any local statutory provision in force immediately before 1st April 1974 and relating to—
(a)a body abolished by section 33 above;
(b)functions which immediately before that date are exercisable by an existing local authority and on that date become exercisable by a water authority; or
(c)some area constituted for the exercise of functions affected by this Act and situated wholly or partly within Greater London.]
Textual Amendments
F9Sch. 7 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
1—19.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10
Textual Amendments
20, 21.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11
Textual Amendments
F11Sch. 8 paras. 20, 21 repealed by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70, SIF 73:1), Sch. 8
22, 23.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12
Textual Amendments
24—31.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13
Textual Amendments
32—36.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14
Textual Amendments
F14Sch. 8 paras. 32–36 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
37E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15
Textual Amendments
38E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16
Textual Amendments
F16Sch. 8 para. 38 repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), Sch. 7
39E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17
Textual Amendments
40E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18
Textual Amendments
F18Sch. 8 paras. 40, 45–48 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
41, 42.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19
Textual Amendments
F19Sch. 8 paras. 41, 42 repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), Sch. 7
Marginal Citations
F2043E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F20Sch. 8 para. 43 omitted (27.3.2009) by virtue of (E.W.) Aquatic Animal Health (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/463), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 2 (with reg. 2(2)); and (S.) Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/85), reg. 1(2)(c), Sch. 2 para. 2 (with reg. 2.)
Marginal Citations
44E+WSection 4(4) of the Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Act 1937 (exemption of laundries from need for consent to discharges) shall cease to have effect.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 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.
45—48.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21
Textual Amendments
F21Sch. 8 paras. 40, 45–48 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
49E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22
Textual Amendments
50E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23
Textual Amendments
F23Sch. 8 para. 50 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. II (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
51—62.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24
Textual Amendments
F24Sch. 8 paras. 51–62 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
63E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25
Textual Amendments
Textual Amendments
F26Sch. 8 paras. 64, 65 repealed (prosp.) by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 81:1), ss. 194(4), 195(2)(3), Sch. 12 Pt. II
Marginal Citations
64E+WIn section 2(2) of the Town Development Act 1952 (Exchequer contribution to councils of receiving districts), after paragraph (e), there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—
“(ee)payments under section 16 of the Water Act 1973 in respect of the provision of a public sewer needed for the purposes or in consequence of the development.”
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 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.
65(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27E+W
(2)Section 8(4) of that Act (exercise of sewerage functions by participating authorities) shall cease to have effect.]
Textual Amendments
F27Sch. 8 para. 65(1) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 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.
Marginal Citations
66E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28
Textual Amendments
F28Sch. 8 paras. 66, 68, 76, 77 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
67E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29
Textual Amendments
68E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30
Textual Amendments
F30Sch. 8 paras. 66, 68, 76, 77 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
69E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31
Textual Amendments
70, 71.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32
Textual Amendments
F32Sch. 8 paras. 70, 71 repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66, SIF 59), Sch. 25
72—75.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33
Textual Amendments
76, 77.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34
Textual Amendments
F34Sch. 8 paras. 66, 68, 76, 77 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
78, 79.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35
Textual Amendments
80(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36E+W
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36
Textual Amendments
F36Sch. 8 para. 80(1)(3) repealed by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), s. 3, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 2, Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)
F37Sch. 8 para. 80(2) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
81, 82.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38
Textual Amendments
F38Sch. 8 paras. 81, 82, 84 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
83E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39
Textual Amendments
84E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40
Textual Amendments
F40Sch. 8 paras. 81, 82, 84 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
85, 86.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41
Textual Amendments
87E+WIn section 58 of the M5Harbours Act 1964 (authorities not to be treated as harbour authorities), for the words from “a river board” to “Catchment Board” there shall be substituted the words “ a water authority, a river purification authority, a district board nor an improvement committee ”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 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.
Marginal Citations
88, 89.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42
Textual Amendments
F42Sch. 8 paras. 88, 89 repealed by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64, SIF 123:3), Sch. 13
90E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43
Textual Amendments
91, 92.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44
Textual Amendments
F44Sch. 8 paras. 91, 92 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
Textual Amendments
F45Sch. 8 para. 93 repealed (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
93E+W+SIn section 98 of the M6Agriculture Act 1970 (duty of local authority in Scotland whose area adjoins England to consult English authorities about flood warning systems), for the words from “river” to “1963” there shall be substituted the words “ regoinal water authority established for that area under section 2 of the Water Act 1973 ; ”.]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 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.
Marginal Citations
94E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F46
Textual Amendments
F46Sch. 8 para. 94 repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 paras. 1, 2, 4, 6)
95—97.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47
Textual Amendments
98E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48
Textual Amendments
F48Sch. 8 para. 98 repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
Section 40.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C7The text of Sch. 9 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Chapter | Short title | Extent of repeal |
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13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 16. | The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923. | In section 6, the words “in any fishery district”. |
In section 17(1), the words “in any fishery district”. | ||
Section 37. | ||
In section 38(1), in paragraph (a) the words “of the fishery district” and paragraphs (b), (c), (g), (h) and (i). | ||
Section 41. | ||
Sections 43 to 53. | ||
In section 54, in subsection (1) paragraph (a), subsection (2), and in subsection (3) paragraph (c). | ||
Sections 56 to 58. | ||
Section 60. | ||
Section 66. | ||
In section 67(4), the words from “purporting” to “Act” in the first place where it occurs. | ||
Section 81. | ||
In section 92(1), the definitions of the “fishery board” and “chairman”. | ||
Schedule 3. | ||
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 44. | The Land Drainage Act 1930. | In section 1, subsection (4) the words from the beginning to “constituted, and”. |
Section 2. | ||
Section 3. | ||
Section 5. | ||
In section 7(1), the words from “shall” to “and” where it first occurs. | ||
In section 8(2), in paragraph (c) the words from “submitted” to the end of the paragraph. | ||
Section 12. | ||
Section 15. | ||
Sections 17 to 20. | ||
Section 22(2). | ||
In section 33(4), paragraph (a). | ||
Section 46(6). | ||
In section 47, subsections (2) to (7). | ||
Section 49(3). | ||
In section 50, subsection (1), in subsection (2) the words from “(whether” to “area)”, and subsections (3) and (4). | ||
Section 73. | ||
Sections 79 and 80. | ||
Schedule 1. | ||
26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 49. | The Public Health Act 1936. | Section 14. |
Section 16. | ||
In section 20(2), the proviso. | ||
Section 28. | ||
Section 35. | ||
In section 41(1), the words from the beginning to “this Act”. | ||
In section 90(1), the definition of sewerage authority. | ||
Sections 111 to 122. | ||
Section 124(3). | ||
Section 125(3). | ||
Sections 126 to 136. | ||
In sections 137(1) and 138(1) and (5), the words “the local authority or other”, wherever occurring. | ||
In section 142, in the definition of “statutory water undertakers”, the words from “either” to “(b)”. | ||
Section 310. | ||
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 c. 40. | The Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Act 1937. | Section 4(4). |
Section 12(2). | ||
7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 26. | The Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944. | Section 1(6). |
Section 2. | ||
Section 4. | ||
8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 42. | The Water Act 1945. | Sections 1 to 5. |
Section 8. | ||
Section 9(4). | ||
Section 11. | ||
Section 15(3). | ||
In section 19, in subsection (1), the words from “and the” to the end of the subsection, subsection (6)(b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it and subsection (7). | ||
In section 23(1), paragraph (ii) of the proviso, and the words from “A consent required” to the end of the subsection. | ||
In section 24(4), the words “local authority or”. | ||
Section 28. | ||
In section 32, in subsection (1) the words “or section forty”, in subsection (2) the words “supplying water under a local enactment” and the proviso, and subsections (4) and (5). | ||
Section 33(3). | ||
In section 34, in subsection (2) the words “board or” and in subsection (4) the word “boards”. | ||
Section 35(3). | ||
In section 38, in subsection (1) the words from “whether” to “enactment”, and subsections (6) and (7). | ||
Section 40. | ||
In section 46, the words from “or”, in the third place where it occurs, to the end. | ||
In section 55(1)(a)(ii) the words “the water engineer or manager of the water department or”. | ||
In section 59(1), the definitions of “catchment board” and “catchment area”, “fishery board” and “fishery district” and “joint water board”, in the definition of “limits of supply” the words from “so” to the end of the definition, and the definitions of “rivers board” and “statutory water undertakers”. | ||
In Schedule 1, in paragraph 16, the words “board or”, and Parts III, IV and V. | ||
In Schedule 2, in paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 7 the words “local authority or” wherever occurring. | ||
In Schedule 3, in section 1(1), the definitions of “catchment board” and “catchment area”, “fishery board” and “fishery district” and “rivers board”, section 46(1), sections 47 to 51, and in section 78, paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1), and subsection (2). | ||
In Schedule 4, the whole Schedule with the exceptionof the provisions amending sections 275 and 279 of the Public Health Act 1936. | ||
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 22. | The Water Act 1948. | Section 1. |
In section 2, subsections (1)(b) and (4). | ||
In section 4, subsections (2), (3) and (4). | ||
In section 8, in subsection (1), the words “local authority or” and in the proviso the words “authority or”; in subsection (2), the words “local authority or” and “authority or” ; in subsection (4), the words “local authority or” in the first place where they occur and “that local authority or”; and in subsection (5) the words “local authority or”. | ||
Section 12. | ||
Section 13. | ||
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 64. | The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951. | Section 1(1)(b). |
In section 7, subsection (9) and the proviso to subsection (16). | ||
Section 9. | ||
In section 11(1), the definitions of “excluded area” and “local authority”. | ||
In Schedule 2, paragraphs 5, 6, 8 and 10. | ||
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 54. | The Town Development Act 1954. | In section 2, in subsection (2)(d), the words “main water supplies”. |
Section 8(4). | ||
Section 9(3). | ||
Section 15. | ||
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 67. | The Water Act 1958. | Section 4(2). |
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 25. | The Highways Act 1959. | Section 295(6). |
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 54. | The Clean Rivers (Esturies and Tidal Waters) Act 1960. | Section 1(6)(c). |
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 29. | The Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1961. | The whole Act. |
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 48. | The Land Drainage Act 1961. | Section 3(6). |
In section 34, in subsection (6), the words from “or” to the end of the subsection, and in subsection (10) the words “or, as the case may be, the Minister,”. | ||
Section 50. | ||
In Schedule 1, paragraphs 4, 20(4) and 24. | ||
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 50. | The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1961. | In section 13(2), the words from “and in sub-paragraph (2)” onwards. |
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 57. | The Public Health Act 1961. | Section 15. |
Section 65. | ||
1963 c. 33. | The London Government Act 1963. | Sections 35 and 36. |
In section 37, subsections (1), (3) and (4). | ||
Sections 38 and 39. | ||
In Schedule 9, Part I ; in Part II, paragraphs 1 to 4, 7 to 10, 12 to 16 and 19 ; in Part III, paragraphs 4(3), 5, 7, 8 and 10 to 12. | ||
Schedule 10. | ||
In Schedule 14, paragraphs 5, 6 and 9 ; in paragraph 10, the words from “and the transitional” to the end of the paragraph ; and in paragraph 15(3), the words from “except” in the definition of “watercourse” to the word “tides”, in the last place where it occurs. | ||
1963 c. 38. | The Water Resources Act 1963. | Section 1(1). |
In section 3, subsections (1) to (4), (6) and (7). | ||
Sections 4 to 15. | ||
Section 16(1). | ||
Section 18. | ||
Section 19(2). | ||
In section 21, subsections (1) and (2) ; in subsection (3), the words “and the Water Resources Board”; and in subsection (4), the words from “draft” to “and to”. | ||
In section 22(3), the words from “the Water Resources Board” to “ or”, and the words “the Board or” and “as the case may be”. | ||
In section 25, subsection (4) and in paragraph (a) of subsection (7), the words “and the Water Resources Board”. | ||
In section 32(5), the words from “or is” to “1936”, the words “sold or leased” and the words “and, in the case of a lease, for the period of the lease”. | ||
Section 33(3). | ||
In section 48(1), the words “and of section 103 thereof”. | ||
Sections 57 to 59. | ||
Sections 61 and 62. | ||
In section 63(1), the words from “either” to “authority”, in the first place where that word occurs. | ||
In section 64, subsection (1) and in subsection (2) the words from the beginning to “subsection”. | ||
Section 69(2). | ||
Section 76(3). | ||
Section 80. | ||
In section 81(2), the words “and after prior consultation with the Water Resources Board”. | ||
In section 82(1), in paragraph (c) the words from “and” to the end of the paragraph and in paragraph (d) the words from “and”, where it secondly occurs, to the end of the paragraph. | ||
Sections 83 to 87. | ||
Sections 88(2). | ||
Sections 89 and 90. | ||
Sections 92 and 93. | ||
Part IX. | ||
Sections 101 to 104. | ||
Section 107(3). | ||
In section 108, in subsection (1), the words from “either” to “otherwise” and in subsection (4) the words “to the Water Resources Board or”. | ||
Section 110. | ||
Section 119. | ||
Section 121. | ||
In section 123(1)(a), the words from “other” to “Board”. | ||
Section 124. | ||
Section 125. | ||
In section 126(1), paragraph (a) of the proviso. | ||
Section 127. | ||
Section 129. | ||
In section 131, in subsection (6) the words “notwithstanding anything in section 58 of this Act” and “under any charging scheme”, and in subsection (7) the words “under a charging scheme”. | ||
In section 135, in subsection (1) the definitions of “additional members”, “charging scheme”, “constituent council”, “first appointed day”, “functions” and “statutory water undertakers”. | ||
Section 136, except subsection (4). | ||
Schedules 1 to 6. | ||
In Schedule 7, paragraph 14. | ||
Schedules 11 to 14. | ||
1965 c. 4. | The Science and Technology Act 1965. | In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Water Resources Act 1963. |
1965 c. 56. | The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965. | In section 33(1)(b), the words from “that”, in the second place where it occurs, to the end of the paragraph, in subsection (2)(b) the words “a local authority within the meaning of the Act of 1946, or” and in subsection (4) the words “ a local authority within the meaning of the Act of 1946 or”. |
1967 c. 78. | The Water (Scotland) Act 1967. | In section 36(2), the words “(except paragraph 16 of Schedule 2)”. |
In Schedule 2, paragraph 16. | ||
1968 c. 34. | The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968. | Section 22. |
Section 27(6). | ||
Section 28. | ||
Section 50(2). | ||
1968 c. 41. | The Countryside Act 1968. | Section 22(1). |
In section 49(2), the definitions of “river authority” and “statutory water undertakers”. | ||
1968 c. 73. | The Transport Act 1968. | Section 115(4). |
1969 c. 19. | The Decimal Currency Act 1969. | In Schedule 2, paragraph 30. |
1970 c. 40. | The Agriculture Act 1970. | In section 88, subsections (2) and (3). |
In section 89, in subsection (4) the words “the Isle of Wight Authority, the Conservators, the Catchment Board”. | ||
Section 90(2). | ||
1971 c. 34. | The Water Resources Act 1971. | In section 2(2), the words from “and”, where secondly occurring, to the end of the subsection. |
1972 c. 21. | The Deposit of Poisonous Waste Act 1972. | In section 7, the words from “and any” to the end of the section. |
1972 c. 37. | The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1972. | Section 11(3). |
In section 15(3), the words from “and”, in the second place where it occurs, to the end. | ||
1972 c. 70. | The Local Government Act 1972. | Section 177(1)(b). |
In section 181, subsections (3) to (8). | ||
In section 262(13), the word “water”, in the second place where it occurs. | ||
In Schedule 29, paragraph 24(1) and (4). |
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