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Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 66) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provided for the establishment of river purification boards in Scotland and made new provision for maintaining or restoring the cleanliness of rivers and other inland waters there, in place of the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 75) and certain other enactments.[1]
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| Long title | An Act to provide for establishing river purification boards in Scotland and for conferring on or transferring to such boards functions relating to the prevention of river pollution; to make new provision for maintaining or restoring the cleanliness of the rivers and other inland waters and the tidal waters of Scotland in place of the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act 1876, and certain other enactments; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 66 |
| Territorial extent | Scotland[b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 1 August 1951 |
| Commencement | |
| Repealed | 1 April 2006[e] |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Water Environment (Consequential and Savings Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006 |
| Relates to | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 64) made similar provisions for England and Wales.
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 36(3) of the act repealed 7 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 20 & 21 Vict. c. clxviii | Tweed Fisheries Act 1857 | Sections sixty-five and sixty-six, except in relation to tidal waters to which this Act does not apply. |
| 25 & 26 Vict. c. 97 | Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862 | Section thirteen, except in relation to tidal waters to which this Act does not apply. |
| 39 & 40 Vict. c. 75 | Rivers Pollution Prevention Act 1876 | The whole act except sections one and seven and so much of section twenty-one as relates to section seven. |
| 52 & 53 Vict. c. 50 | Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 | Section fifty-five. |
| 55 & 56 Vict. c. 55 | Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 | In section two hundred and twenty-two, the words from "it shall not be lawful" to "any source" and the words from "and every person who" to the end of the section. |
| In section two hundred and thirty-three, the words "river or inland lock or public reservoir or dock". | ||
| 56 & 57 Vict. c. 31 | Rivers Pollution Prevention Act 1893 | The whole act. |
| 60 & 61 Vict. c. 38 | Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 | In section one hundred and sixteen the words "river stream ditch" and the words "or other channel". |
Subsequent developments
Section 36(3) of, and schedule 4 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.[3]
The whole act was repealed by article 2 of, and part I of the schedule to, the Water Environment (Consequential and Savings Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006 (SSI 2006/181), which came into force on 1 April 2006.[4]