The Waterworks Clauses Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 93) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated into one act further provisions commonly inserted into local and special Acts authorising the construction of waterworks. Its provisions dealt with the security of reservoirs, the supply of water, the protection of water from waste and misuse, and the recovery of water rates.
The Railways Clauses Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 92) and the Companies Clauses Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 118) were passed in the same parliamentary session.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed for England and Wales by section 62 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Water Act 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 42), which came into force on 1 October 1945.
The whole act was repealed for Scotland by section 87 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Water (Scotland) Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 42), which came into force on 16 May 1946.
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