Section 40 River Severn.
England and Wales
This Act applies to the dams constructed by the Severn Commissioners under the M1Severn Navigation Act 1842 and the M2Severn Navigation Act 1853 and now vested in F1Canal & River Trust, and to all fish passes in those dams; and it shall accordingly be F2Canal & River Trust’s duty, subject to the provisions of this Act and to section 23 of the M3Severn Navigation Act 1881 (by virtue of which they have power to stop up the passes with the F3agreement of the appropriate agency) to maintain those passes in an efficient state.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 40 substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(a) (with arts. 4-6)
- F2
Words in s. 40 substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(b) (with arts. 4-6)
- F3
Words in s. 40 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 148 (with Sch. 7)
Marginal citations
- M1
1842 c. xxiv (Sess. 2).
- M2
- M3
1881 c. ccv.