Water Act 1989

1 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule and to any repeal made by this Act, in the provisions to which this sub-paragraph applies, for any reference which falls to be construed as a reference to a water authority there shall be substituted a reference to a sewerage undertaker, and references falling to be construed as references to the area of a water authority shall have effect accordingly.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above applies to—

(a) sections 17 to 19, 21 and 22, 30 and 31, 34, 36, 42 and 48 of the [1936 c. 49.] Public Health Act 1936 (in this Schedule referred to as “the 1936 Act”);

(b) the following provisions of Part XII of the 1936 Act so far as they relate to any of the sections specified in paragraph (a) above or to section 27 of that Act, that is to say, sections 275, 276, 278, 283, 291 to 294, 298, 300 to 302, 330 to 334, 339 and 341;

(c) the [1937 c. 40.] Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Act 1937 (in this Schedule referred to as “the 1937 Act”); and

(d) Part V of the [1961 c. 64.] Public Health Act 1961 (in this Schedule referred to as “the 1961 Act”).

(3) Sections 284, 290, 304, 305 and 322 to 325 of the 1936 Act (authentication of documents, works notices, judicial disqualification, protection of officers etc. and enforcement powers), so far as they have effect as modified by section 14 of the 1973 Act for the purposes of or in relation to any of the provisions of the 1936 Act to which sub-paragraph (1) above applies, shall have effect as from the transfer date without the modifications made by the said section 14.