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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULES 1 AND 2E+W . . . F1

Sections 2, 4 and 23.

SCHEDULE 3E+W Administration, Finance, etc., of Water Authorities and the National Water Council

Part IE+W

1—21.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 3 Pts. I, III (paras. 1–21, 31–43) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58) (subject to savings for para. 36 as mentioned in Sch. 26 para. 52 and to savings with modifications for paras. 2(1), 5, 7 as mentioned in S.I. 1989/1161, regs. 3, 4, Sch. 1)

Part IIE+W

22—30.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Textual Amendments

Part IIIE+W

31—43.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F4Sch. 3 Pts. I, III (paras. 1–21, 31–43) repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190, Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58) (subject to savings for para. 36 as mentioned in Sch. 26 para. 52 and to savings with modifications for paras. 2(1), 5, 7 as mentioned in S.I. 1989/1161, regs. 3, 4, Sch. 1)

SCHEDULES 4 AND 4AE+W . . . F5

SCHEDULE 5E+W . . . F6

SCHEDULE 6E+W Consequential, Transitional and Supplementary Provision

Part IE+W

1—10.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

Textual Amendments

[F8Part IIE+W Local Acts and Instruments

11E+WSubject to paragraph 12 below, any local statutory provision to which this Part of this Schedule applies and which is not continued in force by any other provision of this Act shall—

(a)notwithstanding the transfer of functions and abolition of bodies effected by or under this Act and, in the case of an instrument made under any enactment, notwithstanding the repeal of that enactment, continue to apply on and after 1st April 1974 to, but only to, the area, things or persons to which or to whom it applies before that date;

(b)have effect subject to any necessary modifications and to the modifications made by paragraph 13 below;

but the continuation by this paragraph of an instrument made under any enactment shall not be construed as prejudicing any power to vary or revoke the instrument which is exercisable apart from this paragraph.

12E+WParagraph 11 above shall have effect subject to the provisions of—

(a)this Act and any Act passed after this Act and before 1st April 1974;

(b)any order made under section 254 of the 1972 Act, as applied by section 34 above, or paragraph 14 or 15 below.

13E+WAs from 1st April 1974 any local statutory provision to which this Part of this Schedule applies and which immediately before that date applies to an area which on that date becomes comprised in one or more water authority areas shall have effect, so far as relates to functions which on that date become exercisable by a water authority and to things done or falling to be done in the exercise of those functions, as if for any reference to the body by whom the functions were exercisable immediately before that date there were substituted a reference to that water authority, or where the former area becomes comprised in two or more water authority areas, the water authority for the water authority area in or as respects which that thing falls to be done.

14E+WParagraph 13 above shall have effect subject to any provision to the contrary made by, or by any instrument made under, this Act and, without prejudice to the foregoing, the Secretary of State may by order provide for the exercise of functions conferred by any local statutory provision to which this Part of this Schedule applies and exclude the operation of that paragraph where it would otherwise conflict with any provision of the order.

15E+WWhere any local statutory provision is continued in force in any area by paragraph 11 above or is amended or modified in its application to any area by an order under section 254 of the 1972 Act, as applied by section 34 above, the appropriate Minister or Ministers may by that order, or in the case of a provision continued as aforesaid, by an order under this paragraph—

(a)extend the provision throughout the water authority area in which it is continued in force or extend it to a part of that area in which it was not previously in force;

(b)provide that that provision as so continued, amended, modified or extended shall have effect in that area or part to the exclusion of any enactment for corresponding purposes, including any enactment contained in or applied by this Act;

(c)make such modifications of any such enactment in its application to that area or part as would secure that the enactment will operate harmoniously with the said provision in that area or part;

(d)repeal or revoke any local statutory provision to which this Part of this Schedule applies and which appears to the appropriate Minister or Ministers to have become spent, obsolete or unnecessary or to have been substantially superseded by any enactment or instrument which applies or may be applied to the area, persons or things to which or to whom that provision applies;

(e)make such modifications of any local statutory provision to which this Part of this Schedule applies in its application to a water authority area or part of such an area as appear to the appropriate Minister or Ministers to be expedient.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Functions under para. 15 exerciseable by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food alone or jointly with the Secretary of State, in relation to Welsh National Water Development Authority, now exerciseable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1978/272, Sch. 3 para. 5(2)

16E+WA statutory instrument containing an order under paragraph 15 above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

17E+WThis Part of this Schedule applies to any local statutory provision in force immediately before 1st April 1974 and relating to—

(a)a body abolished by section 33 above;

(b)functions which immediately before that date are exercisable by an existing local authority and on that date become exercisable by a water authority; or

(c)some area constituted for the exercise of functions affected by this Act and situated wholly or partly within Greater London.]

SCHEDULE 7E+W . . . F9

SCHEDULE 8E+W+S Minor and Consequential Amendments, etc.

1—19.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

20, 21.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

22, 23.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

24—31.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

32—36.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

Valid from 01/12/1991

37E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

38E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

Valid from 01/12/1991

39E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

40E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

41, 42.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

M1Diseases of Fish Act 1937E+W+S

Marginal Citations

43E+W+SFor section 8(2) of the Diseases of Fish Act 1937 (penalties and legal proceedings) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

(2)In England and Wales a water authority shall have the power to take legal proceedings to enforce provisions of this Act as respects waters in their area.

(3)Offences against this Act committed in Scotland (including offences commmitted in waters with respect to which functions under this Act are exercisable by the North West Water Authority) shall be prosecuted and fines recovered in manner directed by the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

M2Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Act 1937E+W

Marginal Citations

44E+WSection 4(4) of the Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Act 1937 (exemption of laundries from need for consent to discharges) shall cease to have effect.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

45—48.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

Valid from 01/12/1991

49E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21

50E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

51—62.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23

63E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24

[F25M3Town Development Act 1952E+W

64E+WIn section 2(2) of the Town Development Act 1952 (Exchequer contribution to councils of receiving districts), after paragraph (e), there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—

(ee)payments under section 16 of the Water Act 1973 in respect of the provision of a public sewer needed for the purposes or in consequence of the development.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

65(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26E+W

(2)Section 8(4) of that Act (exercise of sewerage functions by participating authorities) shall cease to have effect.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

M4Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953E+W

Marginal Citations

66E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27

67E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

68E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29

69E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

70, 71.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31

72—75.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

76, 77.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33

Valid from 01/12/1991

78, 79.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

80(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35E+W

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35

81, 82.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37

Valid from 01/12/1991

83E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38

84E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

Valid from 01/12/1991

85, 86.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

Harbours Act 1964E+W

87E+WIn section 58 of the M5Harbours Act 1964 (authorities not to be treated as harbour authorities), for the words from “a river board” to “Catchment Board” there shall be substituted the words “ a water authority, a river purification authority, a district board nor an improvement committee ”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

88, 89.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41

90E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42

91, 92.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43

[F44 Agriculture Act 1970E+W+S

93E+W+SIn section 98 of the M6Agriculture Act 1970 (duty of local authority in Scotland whose area adjoins England to consult English authorities about flood warning systems), for the words from “river” to “1963” there shall be substituted the words “ regoinal water authority established for that area under section 2 of the Water Act 1973 ; ”.]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7The text of Sch. 8 paras. 43, 44, 64, 65(2), 87, 93 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

94E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45

95—97.E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F46

98E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47

Section 40.

SCHEDULE 9E+W+S REPEALS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8The text of Sch. 9 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 16.The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923.In section 6, the words “in any fishery district”.
In section 17(1), the words “in any fishery district”.
Section 37.
In section 38(1), in paragraph (a) the words “of the fishery district” and paragraphs (b), (c), (g), (h) and (i).
Section 41.
Sections 43 to 53.
In section 54, in subsection (1) paragraph (a), subsection (2), and in subsection (3) paragraph (c).
Sections 56 to 58.
Section 60.
Section 66.
In section 67(4), the words from “purporting” to “Act” in the first place where it occurs.
Section 81.
In section 92(1), the definitions of the “fishery board” and “chairman”.
Schedule 3.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 44.The Land Drainage Act 1930.In section 1, subsection (4) the words from the beginning to “constituted, and”.
Section 2.
Section 3.
Section 5.
In section 7(1), the words from “shall” to “and” where it first occurs.
In section 8(2), in paragraph (c) the words from “submitted” to the end of the paragraph.
Section 12.
Section 15.
Sections 17 to 20.
Section 22(2).
In section 33(4), paragraph (a).
Section 46(6).
In section 47, subsections (2) to (7).
Section 49(3).
In section 50, subsection (1), in subsection (2) the words from “(whether” to “area)”, and subsections (3) and (4).
Section 73.
Sections 79 and 80.
Schedule 1.
26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 49.The Public Health Act 1936.Section 14.
Section 16.
In section 20(2), the proviso.
Section 28.
Section 35.
In section 41(1), the words from the beginning to “this Act”.
In section 90(1), the definition of sewerage authority.
Sections 111 to 122.
Section 124(3).
Section 125(3).
Sections 126 to 136.
In sections 137(1) and 138(1) and (5), the words “the local authority or other”, wherever occurring.
In section 142, in the definition of “statutory water undertakers”, the words from “either” to “(b)”.
Section 310.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 c. 40.The Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Act 1937.Section 4(4).
Section 12(2).
7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 26.The Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944.Section 1(6).
Section 2.
Section 4.
8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 42.The Water Act 1945.Sections 1 to 5.
Section 8.
Section 9(4).
Section 11.
Section 15(3).
In section 19, in subsection (1), the words from “and the” to the end of the subsection, subsection (6)(b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it and subsection (7).
In section 23(1), paragraph (ii) of the proviso, and the words from “A consent required” to the end of the subsection.
In section 24(4), the words “local authority or”.
Section 28.
In section 32, in subsection (1) the words “or section forty”, in subsection (2) the words “supplying water under a local enactment” and the proviso, and subsections (4) and (5).
Section 33(3).
In section 34, in subsection (2) the words “board or” and in subsection (4) the word “boards”.
Section 35(3).
In section 38, in subsection (1) the words from “whether” to “enactment”, and subsections (6) and (7).
Section 40.
In section 46, the words from “or”, in the third place where it occurs, to the end.
In section 55(1)(a)(ii) the words “the water engineer or manager of the water department or”.
In section 59(1), the definitions of “catchment board” and “catchment area”, “fishery board” and “fishery district” and “joint water board”, in the definition of “limits of supply” the words from “so” to the end of the definition, and the definitions of “rivers board” and “statutory water undertakers”.
In Schedule 1, in paragraph 16, the words “board or”, and Parts III, IV and V.
In Schedule 2, in paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 7 the words “local authority or” wherever occurring.
In Schedule 3, in section 1(1), the definitions of “catchment board” and “catchment area”, “fishery board” and “fishery district” and “rivers board”, section 46(1), sections 47 to 51, and in section 78, paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1), and subsection (2).
In Schedule 4, the whole Schedule with the exceptionof the provisions amending sections 275 and 279 of the Public Health Act 1936.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 22.The Water Act 1948.Section 1.
In section 2, subsections (1)(b) and (4).
In section 4, subsections (2), (3) and (4).
In section 8, in subsection (1), the words “local authority or” and in the proviso the words “authority or”; in subsection (2), the words “local authority or” and “authority or” ; in subsection (4), the words “local authority or” in the first place where they occur and “that local authority or”; and in subsection (5) the words “local authority or”.
Section 12.
Section 13.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 64.The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951.Section 1(1)(b).
In section 7, subsection (9) and the proviso to subsection (16).
Section 9.
In section 11(1), the definitions of “excluded area” and “local authority”.
In Schedule 2, paragraphs 5, 6, 8 and 10.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 54.The Town Development Act 1954.In section 2, in subsection (2)(d), the words “main water supplies”.
Section 8(4).
Section 9(3).
Section 15.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 67.The Water Act 1958.Section 4(2).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 25.The Highways Act 1959.Section 295(6).
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 54.The Clean Rivers (Esturies and Tidal Waters) Act 1960.Section 1(6)(c).
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 29.The Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1961.The whole Act.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 48.The Land Drainage Act 1961.Section 3(6).
In section 34, in subsection (6), the words from “or” to the end of the subsection, and in subsection (10) the words “or, as the case may be, the Minister,”.
Section 50.
In Schedule 1, paragraphs 4, 20(4) and 24.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 50.The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1961.In section 13(2), the words from “and in sub-paragraph (2)” onwards.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 57.The Public Health Act 1961.Section 15.
Section 65.
1963 c. 33.The London Government Act 1963.Sections 35 and 36.
In section 37, subsections (1), (3) and (4).
Sections 38 and 39.
In Schedule 9, Part I ; in Part II, paragraphs 1 to 4, 7 to 10, 12 to 16 and 19 ; in Part III, paragraphs 4(3), 5, 7, 8 and 10 to 12.
Schedule 10.
In Schedule 14, paragraphs 5, 6 and 9 ; in paragraph 10, the words from “and the transitional” to the end of the paragraph ; and in paragraph 15(3), the words from “except” in the definition of “watercourse” to the word “tides”, in the last place where it occurs.
1963 c. 38.The Water Resources Act 1963.Section 1(1).
In section 3, subsections (1) to (4), (6) and (7).
Sections 4 to 15.
Section 16(1).
Section 18.
Section 19(2).
In section 21, subsections (1) and (2) ; in subsection (3), the words “and the Water Resources Board”; and in subsection (4), the words from “draft” to “and to”.
In section 22(3), the words from “the Water Resources Board” to “ or”, and the words “the Board or” and “as the case may be”.
In section 25, subsection (4) and in paragraph (a) of subsection (7), the words “and the Water Resources Board”.
In section 32(5), the words from “or is” to “1936”, the words “sold or leased” and the words “and, in the case of a lease, for the period of the lease”.
Section 33(3).
In section 48(1), the words “and of section 103 thereof”.
Sections 57 to 59.
Sections 61 and 62.
In section 63(1), the words from “either” to “authority”, in the first place where that word occurs.
In section 64, subsection (1) and in subsection (2) the words from the beginning to “subsection”.
Section 69(2).
Section 76(3).
Section 80.
In section 81(2), the words “and after prior consultation with the Water Resources Board”.
In section 82(1), in paragraph (c) the words from “and” to the end of the paragraph and in paragraph (d) the words from “and”, where it secondly occurs, to the end of the paragraph.
Sections 83 to 87.
Sections 88(2).
Sections 89 and 90.
Sections 92 and 93.
Part IX.
Sections 101 to 104.
Section 107(3).
In section 108, in subsection (1), the words from “either” to “otherwise” and in subsection (4) the words “to the Water Resources Board or”.
Section 110.
Section 119.
Section 121.
In section 123(1)(a), the words from “other” to “Board”.
Section 124.
Section 125.
In section 126(1), paragraph (a) of the proviso.
Section 127.
Section 129.
In section 131, in subsection (6) the words “notwithstanding anything in section 58 of this Act” and “under any charging scheme”, and in subsection (7) the words “under a charging scheme”.
In section 135, in subsection (1) the definitions of “additional members”, “charging scheme”, “constituent council”, “first appointed day”, “functions” and “statutory water undertakers”.
Section 136, except subsection (4).
Schedules 1 to 6.
In Schedule 7, paragraph 14.
Schedules 11 to 14.
1965 c. 4.The Science and Technology Act 1965.In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Water Resources Act 1963.
1965 c. 56.The Compulsory Purchase Act 1965.In section 33(1)(b), the words from “that”, in the second place where it occurs, to the end of the paragraph, in subsection (2)(b) the words “a local authority within the meaning of the Act of 1946, or” and in subsection (4) the words “ a local authority within the meaning of the Act of 1946 or”.
1967 c. 78.The Water (Scotland) Act 1967.In section 36(2), the words “(except paragraph 16 of Schedule 2)”.
In Schedule 2, paragraph 16.
1968 c. 34.The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968.Section 22.
Section 27(6).
Section 28.
Section 50(2).
1968 c. 41.The Countryside Act 1968.Section 22(1).
In section 49(2), the definitions of “river authority” and “statutory water undertakers”.
1968 c. 73.The Transport Act 1968.Section 115(4).
1969 c. 19.The Decimal Currency Act 1969.In Schedule 2, paragraph 30.
1970 c. 40.The Agriculture Act 1970.In section 88, subsections (2) and (3).
In section 89, in subsection (4) the words “the Isle of Wight Authority, the Conservators, the Catchment Board”.
Section 90(2).
1971 c. 34.The Water Resources Act 1971.In section 2(2), the words from “and”, where secondly occurring, to the end of the subsection.
1972 c. 21.The Deposit of Poisonous Waste Act 1972.In section 7, the words from “and any” to the end of the section.
1972 c. 37.The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1972.Section 11(3).
In section 15(3), the words from “and”, in the second place where it occurs, to the end.
1972 c. 70.The Local Government Act 1972.Section 177(1)(b).
In section 181, subsections (3) to (8).
In section 262(13), the word “water”, in the second place where it occurs.
In Schedule 29, paragraph 24(1) and (4).

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