The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 64) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made new provision for maintaining or restoring the wholesomeness of rivers and other inland or coastal waters in England and Wales in place of the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 75) and certain other enactments.
The Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 66) made similar provisions for Scotland.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 12(2) of the act repealed 14 enactments, listed in the third schedule to the act. CitationShort titleExtent of repeal38 & 39 Vict. c. 55Public Health Act 1875Section sixty-nine, except as respects proceedings instituted before the coming into force of this Act.39 & 40 Vict. c. 75Rivers Pollution Prevention Act 1876The whole act, except section seven.51 & 52 Vict. c. 41Local Government Act 1888Section fourteen.56 & 57 Vict. c. 31Rivers Pollution Prevention Act 1893The whole act.57 & 58 Vict. c. clxviWest Riding of Yorkshire Rivers Act 1894The whole act, except section four.61 & 62 Vict. c. 34Rivers Pollution Prevention (Border Councils) Act 1898The whole act.13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 16Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923Subsection (2) of section eight and section fifty-five.20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 44Land Drainage Act 1930Section fifty-six; paragraph (a) of, and the proviso to, section seventy-three.23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. xlvEssex County Council Act 1933Sections twenty-one to twenty-six; in section thirty, paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and subsection (6); sections thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-six and thirty-seven; subsection (1) of section forty-three; in subsection (1) of section forty-seven, the words "pollution or "; in section fifty-one the words "the Rivers Pollution Prevention Acts, 1876 and 1893, or"; subsection (2) of section fifty-two.24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 40Administration of Justice (Appeals) Act 1934In Part I of the Schedule, the entry relating to section eleven of the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876.1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. xcivLancashire County Council (Rivers Board and General Powers) Act 1938Section six; Part IV; section seventy-four; Part VII.7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xxiMiddlesex County Council Act 1944Sections one hundred and forty-eight, one hundred and forty-nine, one hundred and fifty-one to one hundred and fifty-five, and one hundred and fifty-seven; in subsection (1) of section one hundred and sixty-one, the words "pollution or "; paragraphs (2) and (3) of and the proviso to section one hundred and sixty-five; in section one hundred and seventy-one the words "under the Rivers Pollution Prevention Acts, 1876 and 1893, or"; subsection (1) to the last "and" and subsection (2) of section one hundred and seventy-seven.11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 32River Boards Act 1948In subsection (1) of section four the words "section sixty-nine of the Public Health Act, 1875, the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876, and"; paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section five; subsection (1) of section thirty-seven; in the Third Schedule, in paragraph 2 the word "fifty-six", in paragraph 10 the words "subsection (1) of section fifty-five", paragraph 14 (except as respects proceedings instituted before the coming into force of this Act) and paragraphs 15 and 16.11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. xliiiCumberland County Council Act 1948Sections thirty-nine to forty-five; in section forty-six, paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) and subsection (6); sections forty-seven and forty-eight; subsection (2) of section fifty-three; in section eighty-four, paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (5) and in paragraph (4) the words "and section forty (notice for discontinuance of pollution)".
Subsequent developments In section 1(1), the words from " and this Act " onwards, section 12(2) of, and schedules 1 and 3 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
Sections 1 to 4, 5(1)(a) and (b), 5(2) to (5), 6 to 10, the First Schedule, the Second Schedule, and the Third Schedule to the act were repealed by the Control of Pollution Act 1974, which came into force through a series of commencement orders between 1974 and 1985. The remaining provisions of the act — comprising parts of sections 5, 11 and 12 — continue in force.
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