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Water Act 1981

1981 CHAPTER 12

An Act to provide for increasing the borrowing powers of the British Waterways Board and to make further provision relating to water supply.

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The base date version of this Act is as revised to 1.12.1991 and takes into account the effects (if any) on it of consolidating legislation which came into force at that date

Commencement Information

I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent

1 Increased borrowing powers of British Waterways Board.

(1)

For paragraph (iv) of subsection (3) of section 19 of the Transport Act 1962 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(iv)

for the British Waterways Board £25 million or such greater sum not exceeding £35 million as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument specify.”

(2)

After the said subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(3A)

An order made under paragraph (iv) of subsection (3) above shall be made by statutory instrument, and no such order shall be made unless a draft of the order has been approved by resolution of the House of Commons.”

(3)

Section 3 of the M1Transport (Financial Provisions) Act 1977 is hereby repealed.

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2The text of s. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M11977 c. 20.

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7 Short title and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Water Act 1981.

(2)

Section 1 of this Act extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland but otherwise this Act extends to England and Wales only.