(1)This Act may be cited as the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1971.
(2)The [1955 c. 15 (4 Eliz. 2.).] Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage (No. 2) Act 1955, the said Act of 1965 and in section 1(3) of the [1955 c. 13.] Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1955 the words " or, as the case may be, by the said subsection (5) " are hereby repealed.
(3)This Act does not extend to Scotland except so far as it relates to the said section 1(3) and does not extend to Northern Ireland.