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24Cleansing bed of stream, cutting vegetation, etc.
(1)Subject to this Act, a person commits an offence punishable under this section—
(a)if without the consent of the river purification authority (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) he causes or knowingly permits to enter any stream the natural deposit accumulated in any pond or reservoir or cleanses any part of the channel or bed of a stream from deposit accumulated by reason of any dam, weir or sluice holding back the water of the stream, and does so (in either case) by causing the deposit to be carried 'away in suspension in the water of the stream; or
(b)if by his wilful default and without the consent of the river purification authority (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) any substantial amount of vegetation cut or uprooted in the stream or so near to the stream that it falls into the stream is allowed to remain in the stream.
(2)Paragraph (a) of the foregoing subsection shall not apply to anything done in the exercise of statutory powers conferred by or under any enactment relating to land drainage, flood prevention or navigation.
(3)Any question whether the consent of the river purification authority for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section has or has not been unreasonably withheld shall be determined by the Secretary of State.
(4)Any person guilty of an offence punishable under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
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