Water (Scotland) Act 1967

Specific Adaptations of Other Enactments

14In the [1944 c. 26.] Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944, local authorities, for the purposes of section 1, shall, in relation to sewerage or the disposal of sewage, be those specified in subsection (6) of that section, as read with section 7, and in relation to the provision of a water supply, shall be the regional water boards.

15In the [1946 c. 68.] New Towns Act 1946—

(a)in section 9 as read with section 25(11)—

(i)in subsection (1), the word " water " shall be omitted, and

(ii)in subsections (2), (3) and (4), after the words " local authority " wherever occurring there shall be inserted the words " or, as the case may be, the regional water board ",

(b)in section 25(23), after the expression " local authority " where first occurring there shall be inserted the words " or, as the case may be, a regional water board " , and

(c)in section 26(1), there shall be inserted the following definition—

• “" regional water board " has the meaning assigned to it by section 34(1) of the Water (Scotland) Act 1967.”

16In the [1963 c. 38.] Water Resources Act 1963, in section 127—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words "local water authorities" there shall be substituted the words " regional water boards "; and

(b)in subsection (2), for the words from " " local water authority " " to " 1946 " there shall be substituted the words

• “" regional water board " and " river purification authority " have the meanings assigned to them respectively by section 34(1) of the Water (Scotland) Act 1967”.

17In the [1966 c. 51.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966, any reference to a water undertaking or a local water authority or their limits of supply shall include a reference to a water development board or their area, and water supplied by such a board in bulk shall, for the purposes of Schedule 2 to that Act, be deemed to be supplied for distribution or use outside the area of that board.

18For the purposes of Part II of Schedule 2 to the said Act of 1966, any transfer, in whole or in part, under the Water (Scotland) Acts 1946 to 1967, of the undertaking of a local water authority, or of a regional water board or of a water development board to such a board shall be deemed to be an amalgamation of water undertakings.