Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. III (ss. 17-28): transfer of functions (12.10.1995) by 1995 c. 25, s. 21(1)(a)(i)(ii) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1995/2649, art. 3
C2Pt. III (ss. 17-28) modified (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 33(5)(b) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
(1)For the purpose of enabling them to perform the functions conferred on them a river purification authority may make surveys of their area and gauge and keep records of the flow or volume and other characteristics of any stream in their area, and may take steps for the measurement and recording of the rainfall in their area or any part thereof and for the installation and maintenance for these purposes of gauges or other apparatus and works connected therewith, and may take such other steps as may be necessary in order to obtain any information required for the purposes aforesaid.
(2)The Secretary of State may give directions requiring any river purification authority to exercise all or any of the powers conferred on them by the foregoing subsection and to furnish to him such information obtained in pursuance of the directions at such times and in such form as may be specified in the directions, and it shall be the duty of the authority to comply with any directions to given.
(3)Every river purification authority shall give reasonable facilities for the inspection of records kept by them of the rainfall or the flow or volume of any stream in their area and for the taking of copies or extracts from such records, and such facilities shall be available free of charge to all local authorities whose districts are wholly or partly included in the area of the river purification authority and shall be available to other persons on payment of such [F1reasonable fees as may be determined by the river purification authority]
(4), (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
[F3(6)Notwithstanding anything in this Act, any [F4controlled waters within the meaning of section 30A of the Control of Pollution Act 1974]shall be deemed to be included in the expression “stream” for the purposes of the [F4river purification authority’s]powers under this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 16 para. 6
F2S. 18(4)(5) repealed by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40 SIF 46:4), s. 109(2), Sch. 4
F4Words substituted by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 17, Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58