Explanatory note

Section 114 of the Water Act 1989 enables the National Rivers Authority to make byelaws for preventing pollution of controlled waters, including byelaws concerning the keeping or use on any controlled waters of vessels provided with sanitary appliances.

This Order provides that the byelaws listed in the Schedule to the Order, which were made by virtue of section 5(1)(c) of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951 and relate to the keeping on streams and other waters of vessels provided with sanitary appliances, continue to have effect on and after the transfer date as if made by the National Rivers Authority under section 114 of the 1989 Act. (The transfer date is the date on which the water authorities' functions, property, rights and liabilities are divided between their successor companies and the National Rivers Authority.)