28Agreements not to be entered into between first and second appointed days by the local water authority without the consent of the regional water board or of the water development board
(1)Between the first and second appointed days it shall not be competent for a local water authority, without the previous consent of the regional water board or, as the case may be, the water development board concerned.—
(a)to enter into an agreement to give a supply of water; or
(b)to enter into any other agreement or incur any liability, other than an agreement or a liability necessary for, and entered into or incurred in, the ordinary course of carrying on their undertaking ; or
(c)to increase the remuneration, salaries, wages or other emoluments of any of their officers or servants employed for the performance of their functions, except in accordance with any contract of service or scale of remuneration or at the instance of any wage-negotiating body.
(2)Nothing in any agreement made in contravention of this section shall impose any liability on the board.