The Modern Law of Water SupplyThe 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 |