Water Authorities (Collection of Charges) (Amendment) Order 1974
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1974/1081 |
| Year | 1974 |
1974 No. 1081
WATER
The Water Authorities (Collection of Charges) (Amendment) Order 197424thJune 1974
2ndJuly 1974
23rdJuly 1974
The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by subsections (1) (a) and (2) (c) of section 254 of the Local Government Act 1972(a), as applied by section 34(1) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Water Act 1973(b), and of the powers so conferred by the provisions of the said section 254 as so applied and as extended by paragraph 5(2)(c) and (cc) (as inserted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 1974(c)) of the said Schedule 6, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—
Title, commencement and territorial extent of exercise of powers
1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Water Authorities (Collection of Charges) (Amendment) Order 1974 and shall come into operation on 23rd July 1974.
(2) The Water Authorities (Collection of Charges) Order 1974(d) (in this order referred to as "the principal Order") and this order may be cited together as the Water Authorities (Collection of Charges) Orders 1974.
(3) The Anglian Water Authority (Collection of Charges) Order 1974(e) (in this order referred to as "the Anglian Order") and this order may be cited together as the Anglian Water Authority (Collection of Charges) Orders 1974.
(4) This order is made—
(a) by the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to the Welsh National Water Development Authority, and
(b) by the Secretary of State for the Environment in relation to any other water authority.
Interpretation
2. The Interpretation Act 1889(f) shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Amendment of principal Order
3. The principal Order is hereby amended as follows:—
(a) at the beginning of article 3 (general effect of order) there shall be
(a) 1972 c. 70.
(b) 1973 c. 37.
(c) 1974 c. 7.
(d) S.I. 1974/448 (1974 I, p. 1493).
(e) S.I. 1974/484 (1974 I, p. 1734).
(f)1889 c. 63.
inserted the words "Notwithstanding anything in section 38(1) of the 1945 Act and ";
(b) at the end of article 14 (recovery of rates and charges) there shall be added the following paragraphs:—
"(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding paragraph, and subject to the following provisions of this article, in any case where a rating authority are required or empowered to collect or...
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