British Waterways Act 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1983 c. ii |
| Year | 1983 |
British Waterways Act 1983
c. ii 1
ELIZABETH H
1983 CHAPTER ii
An Act to confer further powers on the British Waterways
Board; to make further provisions for the control and
regulation of the Board's waterways; to make
provisions in relation to certain statutory and other
obligations of the Board; and for other purposes.
[8th February 1983]
V^THEREAS—
(1) By the Transport Act 1962 the British Waterways Board (in 1962
c.
46.
this Act referred to as "the Board") were established:
(2) It is the duty of the Board under the Transport Act 1962
and the Transport Act 1968 (inter alia) to provide to such extent
1968
c
73.
as they may think expedient serviees and facilities on the inland
waterways owned or managed by them:
(3) It is expedient that further powers should be conferred on
the Board and that further provisions should be made as in this
Act provided for the control and regulation by the Board of the
inland waterways owned or managed by them:
c. ii British Waterways Act 1983
(4) It is expedient that the other powers in this Act contained
should be conferred upon the Board and that the other provisions
in this Act contained should be enacted:
(5) The purposes of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted,
and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Shortand
1.—(L)
This Act may be cited as the British Waterways Act
collective
IQOI
titles.
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(2) The British Waterways Acts of
1963,
1965, 1966, 1971, 1974
and 1975 and this Act may be cited together as the British Water-
ways Acts 1963 to 1983.
Interpretation. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the
following words and expressions have the meanings hereby
assigned respectively to them:—
1968
c.
73.
"the Act of 1968" means the Transport Act 1968;
I97lc.xviii. "the Act of
1971"
means the British Waterways Act 1971;
1974c.xxiii. "the Act of 1974" means the British Waterways Act 1974;
"the Board" means the British Waterways Board;
"functions" includes powers and duties;
"inland waterway" means any canal or inland navigation
belonging to or under the control of the Board and
includes any works, lands or premises belonging to or
under the control of the Board and held or used by
them in connection with such canal or inland naviga-
tion;
"vessel" includes any ship, boat, barge, lighter or raft and
any other description of craft, whether used in naviga-
tion or not.
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