Explanatory note

The River Wandle Protection Act 1908 permitted the abstraction of water from boreholes known as Waddon Wells subject to a prohibition on abstracting more than 50 million gallons in any 30 days. Abstraction, which was then carried out by the Croydon Corporation, is now carried out by the Thames Water Authority under the terms of an abstraction licence granted under the Water Resources Act 1963. That licence, has been varied on a number of occasions with the result that it now permits the abstraction of up to 80 million gallons in any 30 day period until 1992.

This Order repeals those provisions of the 1908 Act which are inconsistent with section 23 of the 1963 Act and the provisions of the current licence. It also revokes local Orders, now spent, that have amended the 1908 Act.