{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rivers-prevention-of-pollution-act-1951/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rivers-prevention-of-pollution-act-1951/section-11.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": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“stream” includes any river, stream, watercourse or inland water (whether natural or artificial), except that it does not include either—\n(a)any lake or pond which does not discharge to a stream; or\n(b)any sewer vested in a local authority;\nor (save as otherwise provided by this Act) any tidal waters, but any reference to a stream includes a reference to the channel or bed of a stream which is for the time being dry;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2)–(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) Nothing contained in this Act shall affect the law relating to nuisance.\n(7) . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 11(1) except in so far as it defines “stream” repealed by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40, SIF 46:4), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 11(2)–(5)(7), 12(2)(4) repealed by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40, SIF 46:4), Sch. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/14-15/64/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:59.057778+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}