Yorkshire Water Authority (River Derwent) Act 1976
An Act to confer further powers on the Yorkshire Water Authority to preserve the purity of the water of the navigable stretch of the river Derwent by preventing the discharge of polluting matter from vessels; and for other purposes. [29th July 1976]

WHEREAS the Yorkshire 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 a number of important functions including in particular water cons...