Great Ouse Water Act 1961
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1961 c. xlii |
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& 10
ELIZ. 2
Great Ouse Water
Act,
1961 Ch. xlii
CHAPTER xlii
An Act to constitute the Great Ouse Water Authority
consisting of representatives of the Lee Valley
Water Company, the Luton Water Company, the
Mid-Northamptonshire Water Board, the North
Bedfordshire Water Board and the county councils
of the administrative counties of Bedford and
Huntingdon for the provision of supplies of water in
bulk to the said companies and boards and to
other statutory water undertakers supplying water
in the said counties and elsewhere, to authorise
the Great Ouse Water Authority, the Lee Valley Water
Company, the Luton Water Company, the Mid-
Northamptonshire Water Board and the North Bed-
fordshire Water Board to acquire lands and to construct
waterworks, to confer powers upon the Great Ouse
Water Authority and upon certain of the constituent
authorities
thereof,
including increased charging
powers; and for other purposes. [3rd August, 1961]
V¥7HEREAS—
(1) The Lee Valley Water Company are, by the Lee Valley
Water Act, 1959, the authorised undertakers for the supply of
water within an extensive area in the counties of Hertford, Essex
and Middlesex, the Luton Water Company are, by the Luton
Water Acts and Orders, 1865 to
1961,
the authorised undertakers
for the supply of water within the boroughs of Luton and
Dunstable and in adjacent areas in the county of Bedford, the
Mid-Northamptonshire Water Board are, by the Mid-
Northamptonshire Water Board Orders, 1948 to 1958, the
authorised undertakers for the supply of water within the county
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Ch.
xlii Great Ouse Water Act, 1961 9 & 10 ELIZ 2
borough of Northampton and an extensive area in the counties of
Northampton, Leicester and Rutland, and the North Bedfordshire
Water Board are, by the North Bedfordshire Water Board Order
1960,
the authorised undertakers for the supply of water within the
borough of Bedford and adjacent areas in the county of Bedford:
(2) The demand for water within the respective limits of
supply of the Luton Water Company and the Mid-Northampton-
shire Water Board has increased, is increasing beyond the capacity
of the present sources of supply of those undertakers to satisfy
such demand and is likely further to increase, while within the
respective limits of supply of the Lee Valley Water Company and
the North Bedfordshire Water Board and within other areas in
the administrative counties of Bedford and Huntingdon and
elsewhere the demand for water is likely to increase beyond the
capacity of the present sources of supply in those areas to satisfy
such demand:
(3) It is expedient that the new waterworks described in this
Act should be constructed and that water from the river Great
Ouse should be taken and stored by means thereof for the purpose
of providing supplies of water in bulk to the Lee Valiey Water
Company, the Luton Water Company, the Mid-Northamptonshire
Water Board, the North Bedfordshire Water Board and to
statutory water undertakers supplying water in areas in the
administrative counties of Bedford and Huntingdon and elsewhere:
(4) It is expedient that a new joint board should be constituted
by the name of the Great Ouse Water Authority (hereinafter
referred to as " the Board ") for the purpose of constructing and
administering such of the new waterworks as are required for the
supply of water to all, or any of. the said water undertakers and
of providing such supplies of water in bulk:
(5) It is expedient that the Board, the Lee Valley Water
Company, the Luton Water Company, the Mid-Northamptonshire
Water Board and the North Bedfordshire Water Board should be
empowered to acquire lands and easements for the purpose of
the construction of the new waterworks and for other purposes:
(6) Estimates have been prepared for the purposes hereinafter
mentioned and such estimates are as follows:—
For the construction of the works authorised
by this Act £12,387,000
For trie purchase of lands under the powers of
this Act £500,000
£12,887,000
(7) Such of the works included in such estimates as are to be
constructed by the Board, the Mid-Northamptonshire Water
Board and the North Bedfordshire Water Board are permanent
works and it is expedient that the cost thereof should be spread
over a term of years:
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9 & 10 ELIZ. 2 Great Ouse Water Act, 1961 Cli. xlii
(8) It is expedient to make further provision relating to the
respective undertakings of the Lee Valley Water Company, the
Luton Water Company, the Mid-Northamptonshire Water
Board, the North Bedfordshire Water Board and a joint board
to be formed for the supply of water in an area in the adminis-
trative county of Bedford, including, in the case of the Luton
Water Company, provision for the application to the undertaking
of that company of the relevant provisions of the Third Schedule
to the Water Act, 1945, and to authorise increases in the rates or
charges which may be levied or made by the Luton Water Company
and "the Mid-Northamptonshire Water Board within their
respective limits of supply:
(9) It is expedient that the other provisions in this Act should
be enacted:
(10) The objects of this Act cannot be effected without the
authority of Parliament:
(11) In relation to the promotion of the Bill for this Act the
requirements of Part XIII of the Local Government Act, 1933,
have been observed by the county councils of the administrative
counties of Bedford and Huntingdon, the requirements of the
said Part XIII as applied by the Mid-Northamptonshire Water
Board Order, 1948, have been observed by the Mid-Northampton-
shire Water Board and the requirements of such of the provisions
of the said Part XIII as are applied by the North Bedfordshire
Water Board Order, 1960, have been observed by the North
Bedfordshire Water Board:
(12) Plans and sections showing the lines, situations and levels
of the works authorised by this Act, and a book of reference to
such plans containing the names of the owners and lessees, or
reputed owners and lessees, and of the occupiers of the lands
which may be acquired or used compulsorily under the powers
of this Act, have been deposited in the office of the Clerk of the
Parliaments and in the Private Bill Office, House of Commons,
and with the clerks of the county councils of the administrative
counties of Bedford, Huntingdon and Northampton, which plans,
sections and book of reference are in this Act respectively referred
to as the deposited plans, the deposited sections and the deposited
book of reference.
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
1.—(1)
This Act may be cited as the Great Ouse Water Act, Short and
\%\ collective
titles.
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