River Medway (Flood Relief) Act 1976
WHEREAS the Southern Water Authority (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "the Authority") were constituted in pursuance of the Water Act 1973 as the Authority responsible for all aspects of water conservation, the supply of water, the prevention of pollution, the provision of public sewerage and sewage disposal, land drainage, fisheries and water recreation within an area which includes the catchment area of the river Medway (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "the river"): 

And wher...