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Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Preliminary

  3. 2.Prohibition on use of stream for disposal of polluting matter, refuse, etc.

  4. 3.Prevention and making good of defaults under s. 2

  5. 4.Cleansing bed of stream, cutting vegetation, and c

  6. 5.Bye-laws

  7. 6.Extension of ss. 2 to 5 to estuaries and coastal waters

  8. 7.Restrictions on new outlets and new discharges

  9. 8.Restrictions on proceedings

  10. 9.Combination of sewage disposal or sewerage systems

  11. 10.Reports of river boards

  12. 11.Interpretation

  13. 12.Short title, repeal, extent and commencement

  14. SCHEDULES

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Enactments replaced by this Act

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Transitional and Other Consequential Provisions

      1. Adaptations of River Boards Act, 1948

        1. 1.(1) The duty of a river board under subsection (1)...

        2. 2.(1) Notwithstanding anything in the River Boards Act, 1948, a...

        3. 3.For the purposes of a river board's functions relating to...

        4. 4.(1) In relation to a river board's bye-laws under this...

      2. Adaptations for Thames, Lee and London areas

        1. 5.(1) Where immediately before the coming into force of this...

        2. 6.All payments by the Conservators of the River Thames for...

      3. General transitional provisions

        1. 7.(1) A person who brings into use any new or...

        2. 8.(1) Any proceedings begun before the coining into force of...

        3. 9.Any order under section twenty of the Rivers Pollution Prevention...

        4. 10.Where by any provision contained in a local Act or...

      4. Power to make further provision with respect to local Acts and statutory orders

        1. 11.(1) The Minister may by order make such further provision...

      5. Supplementary

        1. 12.(1) Any order of the Minister under this Schedule may...

    3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      Repeals

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