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Part VIIE+W Additional Functions of River Authorities

72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1E+W

73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2E+W

74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3E+W

75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4E+W

76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5E+W

77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6E+W

78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7E+W

79 Byelaws for protection of water resources.E+W

[F8(1)Section 18 of the M1Water Act 1945 (which empowers statutory water undertakers to make byelaws for the purpose of protecting water against pollution) shall have effect for enabling byelaws to be made under that section by [F9water authorities].]

[F8(2)For the purposes of the application of that section by virtue of the preceding subsection—

(a)any reference to statutory water undertakers shall be construed as a reference to a [F10water authority], and any reference to the undertakers shall be construed as a reference to the [F10water authority] by whom the byelaws are made;

(b)the reference in subsection (1) of that section to water which belongs to statutory water undertakers or which they are for the time being authorised to take shall be construed as a reference to any such water as is mentioned in section 68(1) of this Act; and

(c)in subsection (5) the words “and subsection (2) of the next but one following section of this Act” shall be omitted.]

(3)—(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

[F8(7)No byelaw made by virtue of section 18 of the M2Water Act 1945 as applied by subsection (1) of this section shall conflict or interfere with the operation of any byelaw made by a navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority.]

(8),(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13E+W

Textual Amendments

F13Ss. 3(1)–(4)(6)(7), 4–15, 16(1), 18, 21(1)(2), 57–59, 61, 62, 80, 83–87, 89, 90, 92, 93(1)(2)(4), 94–104, 110, 119, 121, 124, 125, 127, 129, 136(1)–(3)(5)(6), Schs. 1–6, repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

81, 82.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14E+W