The Modern Law of Water Supply

Front Cover
Solicitors' Law Stationery Society, 1949 - Municipal water supply - 591 pages
The text of the Water Act, 1945 comprises the bulk of the book; also includes Part IV of the Public Health Act, 1936; the Water Act, 1948, and other statutes.

Contents

PREFACE
xiii
viii
lxi
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
1
SECTION
5
Power of Minister to require records and information from persons
14
Joint water boards
21
Power of Minister to authorise certain statutory water
28
Supply of water in bulk by agreement or compulsorily
34
Provision as to pollution by gas
429
of gas 73 Power to examine gas pipes to ascertain source of pollution
430
Financial provisions applicable to water companies
431
Maximum rates of dividend
432
Sale of stock by auction or tender
434
Reserve and contingency funds
436
Limitation on balance carried forward at end of year
438
Power to pay superannuation and other allowances etc and to assist research
439

Default powers of Minister
40
PART III
49
Agreements as to drainage etc of land
61
19
67
General provisions as to byelaws
79
Penalty for polluting water used for human consumption
86
POWERS AND DUTIES OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
93
68
100
72
106
28
115
29
121
31
127
Repeal and amendment of local enactments
139
35
146
Duty of undertakers to provide domestic supply for new buildings
154
Notice to be given to local authority of water supply to inhabited
165
42
172
84
175
45
186
50
194
Expenses of the Minister
204
Proof of resolutions
210
Provision as to work involving alteration of telegraphic lines
230
SECTION PAGE
232
Orders made by Minister under ss 9 2 10 2
243
SECOND SCHedule COMPULSORY PURCHASE Orders
256
THIRD SCHEDULE PROVISIONS TO BE INCORPORATED IN ORDERS
263
Limit on powers of undertakers to take water
283
Penalty for obstructing construction of works
292
Undertakers not entitled to underlying minerals unless expressly
309
Power to make mining communications where continuous
320
Conditions as to laying mains outside limits of supply
329
Works affecting water rights
331
26
347
Power to break open streets
349
27
353
Application of Part VI to verges and streets and highways
364
Duty of undertakers as respects sufficiency and purity
371
Water to be taken to extinguish fires without charge
377
Laying of communication pipes
383
Vesting of communication pipes and repair of such pipes and
390
50
398
Recovery of rates and charges from persons leaving premises
408
SECTION PAGE 63 Power to repair supply pipes
413
Penalty for waste etc of water by nonrepair of water fittings
416
Penalties for misuse of water
418
Penalty for fraudulent use of water
420
Penalty for interference with valves and apparatus
421
Penalty for extension or alteration of pipes etc
422
Meters to be connected or disconnected by undertakers
423
Meters etc to measure water or detect waste
424
Pollution of water by manufacture etc of gas
426
General and miscellaneous
440
Undertakers may obtain copies of valuation list on payment
441
Power to enter premises
442
Penalty for obstructing execution of special Act
446
Summary proceedings for offences
447
Continuing offences and penalties
449
Restriction on right to prosecute
450
Inclusion of several sums in one complaint etc
451
Appeals to quarter sessions against decisions of justices
452
Mode of reference to arbitration
453
Liability of undertakers to pay compensation
454
Protection for works of navigation authorities and for catchment boards and railways
456
Copies of special Act to be kept by undertakers in their office and deposited with certain officers
460
FOURTH SCHEDULE AMENDMENTS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH Аст 1936
461
FIFTH SCHEDULE ENACTMENTS REPEALED
463
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
465
General duties and powers of local authorities
467
Power of local authority to supply water in bulk to adjoining authority
468
Purity of water for domestic supply
469
Rights of statutory undertakers where local authorities supply
474
Local authority not to create any nuisance
480
136
493
Amendments of s 42 of principal
507
SECTION PAGE 8 Power to survey and search for water on land proposed to be purchased
508
Subscriptions to associations of water undertakers
511
Amendment of definition of communication pipe etc
512
Other amendments of Third Schedule to principal Act
513
Amendment of Public Health Act 1936
515
Provisions relating to New Towns development corporations
516
Miscellaneous provisions and consequential amendments
517
Interpretation citation construction and extent
519
SCHEDULE Orders under s 23 or s 9 of principal Act authorising compulsory acquisition of land
521
PART I STATUTES RESERVOIR SAFETY PROVISIONS ACT 1930
530
Periodical inspection of large reservoirs
531
The keeping of records
533
Jurisdiction of quarter sessions
534
Expenses of council
535
Short title commencement and extent
536
Petitions
537
Proceedings consequent upon report as to petitions
538
Operation of orders
539
Costs
540
Standing orders for the purpose of this Act
541
Short title commencement and extent
542
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1948
543
Appeal to County Court
544
PART II STATUTORY ORDERS Water Compulsory Purchase Regulations 1945 S R O 1945 No 1244
545
Central Advisory Water Committee Order 1946 S R O 1946 No 28
548
Underground Water Controlled Areas Regulations 1946
549
Water Interest on Deposits Regulations 1947 S R O
553
INDEX
574
410
575

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