{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rivers-prevention-of-pollution-act-1951/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rivers-prevention-of-pollution-act-1951/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/14-15/64",
  "legislation_title": "Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rivers-prevention-of-pollution-act-1951",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make new provision for maintaining or restoring the wholesomeness of the rivers and other inland or coastal waters of England and Wales in place of the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act 1876, and certain other enactments; and to provide for laying before Parliament the annual reports of river boards.\n[1st August 1951]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act repealed (prosp.) by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40, SIF 46:4), Sch. 4 which repeal is no longer prospective save s. 5(1)(c)(6)(7), s. 11(1) so far as it defines “stream”, ss. 11(6), 12(1)(3)"
    }
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}