Statutory Water Companies Act 1991

Statutory Water Companies Act 1991[a]
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to statutory water companies.
Citation1991 c. 58
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent25 July 1991
Commencement1 December 1991[c]
Repealed26 May 2015
Other legislation
Amended by
  • Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007
  • Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments etc) Order 2008
  • Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009
Repealed byDeregulation Act 2015
Relates to
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Statutory Water Companies Act 1991 (1991 c. 58) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to statutory water companies in England and Wales.[1]

The enactments consolidated by the act were repealed by section 3 of, and schedule 3 to, the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991.[2]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 115(3)(r) of, and paragraph 27 of schedule 23 to, the Deregulation Act 2015, which came into force on 26 May 2015.[3] By that time no statutory water companies remained in existence, those that had not merged with other water undertakers having been taken over by other limited companies, rendering the act's provisions redundant.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 17(1).
  2. ↑ Section 17(3).
  3. ↑ Section 17(2).

References

  1. ↑ "Explanatory Notes to the Deregulation Act 2015". The National Archives. paras. 947–949. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1991 c. 60
  3. ↑ "Deregulation Act 2015", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2015 c. 20
  4. ↑ "Explanatory Notes to the Deregulation Act 2015". The National Archives. paras. 948–949. Retrieved 12 July 2026.