Thames Region Land Drainage Byelaws

by Thames Water Authority

Thames Water Authority Land Drainage Byelaws 1981

The Thames Water Authority Land Drainage Byelaws 1981 are the Land Drainage Byelaws in force in the Thames Region of the Environment Agency.

They were made by the Thames Water Authority under Section 34 of the Land Drainage Act 1976, confirmed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 15 August 1983, and came into operation on 15 September 1983 as amended by: The Thames Region Flood Defence Byelaws made by the National Rivers Authority under Section 34 of the Land Drainage Act 1976 as confirmed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 21 December 1993, coming into operation 21 January 1994. They are now enforced by the Environment Agency by virtue of the Water Resources Act 1991 and the Environment Act 1995 and all references in these Byelaws to the ‘Thames Water Authority’ or ‘National Rivers Authority’ should now be construed as references to the Environment Agency whose principal Regional Office is at Kings Meadow House, Kings Meadow Road, Reading RG1 8DQ. Square brackets indicate amendments made under the NRA Thames Region Flood Defence Byelaws 1991.

Thames Water Authority LAND DRAINAGE BYELAWS 1981 [as amended by the Thames Region FLOOD DEFENCE BYELAWS 1991] The Thames Water Authority, under and by virtue of the powers and authority vested in them by Section 34 of the Land Drainage Act 1976 and of every other power enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Byelaws for securing the efficient working of the drainage system in their area:

1. Citation and commencement These Byelaws may be cited as the Thames Water Authority Land Drainage Byelaws 1981 and shall come into operation at the expiration of one month beginning with the day on which they are confirmed by the Minister.

2. Application These Byelaws shall have effect within the [area of the Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee of the National Rivers Authority] for the purposes of their functions relating to land drainage.

3. Definition and interpretation In these Byelaws, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say: Act means the Land Drainage Act 1976^[1]; Area means the area of the Authority for the purposes of their functions relating to land drainage; Authority means the Thames Water Authority^[2];

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Footnotes

1. The Land Drainage Act 1976 was repealed and replaced, for the purposes of these Byelaws, by the Water Resources Act 1991; sections 1-14 and 16-19 of the Water Resources Act 1991 were themselves repealed and replaced by sections 1, 2, 6-9 and 11-19 of the Environment Act 1995; furthermore, section 4 of the Environment Act 1995 places a duty upon the Agency to have regard to guidance issued to it under that section in discharging any of its functions : all references to the Act in these Byelaws should be construed accordingly.
2. This should now be construed as a reference to the Environment Agency.