Water Act 1989

[F1 Section 34 of the 1976 ActE+W

Textual Amendments

F1Schs. 5, 15, 17 paras. 6(b), 7(2)(7)(a)(14)(a)?(f)(g)(i)(16) repealed (E. W.) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c.60, SIF 130), s. 3, Sch. 3 Pt.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)

15(1)For subsection (1) of section 34 of the 1976 Act (byelaws) there shall be substituted the following subsection—E+W

(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act—

(a)the National Rivers Authority may make such byelaws in relation to any particular locality or localities as it considers necessary for securing the efficient working of any drainage system, including the proper defence of any land against sea or tidal water; and

(b)an internal drainage board may make such byelaws as they consider necessary for securing the efficient working of the drainage system in their district.

(2)In subsection (3) of that section, at the end there shall be inserted the words “by an internal drainage board; and Schedule 24 to the Water Act 1989 has effect with respect to the making of such byelaws by the National Rivers Authority”.]