49E+WThe repeal by this Act of subsections (2) to (5) of section 22 of the M1Countryside Act 1968 and of subsections (1) and (3) of section 20 of the 1973 Act (powers with respect to recreation) shall not be construed as affecting the power—
(a)of the Authority; or
(b)of any water authority’s successor company or of any statutory water company,
to continue, subject to any transfer in accordance with a scheme under Schedule 2 to this Act of any rights or liabilities which have arisen or might arise under any of those subsections, to do anything on and after the transfer date, in accordance with any powers conferred by virtue of [F1by virtue of any enactment], which a water authority or statutory water company were doing under any of those subsections immediately before the transfer date.
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F1Words substituted by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), s. 2, Sch. 1 para. 50(3)(e)
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