{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rivers-prevention-of-pollution-act-1961/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rivers-prevention-of-pollution-act-1961/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/50",
  "legislation_title": "Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1961",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rivers-prevention-of-pollution-act-1961",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Short title, citation, extent, repeals and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1961.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1–9, 11, 13(2)–(4), 14, 15(2)(5), Sch. 1 repealed by Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40), s. 109(2), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 15(4), Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/50/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:05.962394+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."
}