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River Boards Act 1948
Act of Parliament
River Boards Act 1948
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to provide for establishing river boards and for conferring on or transferring to such boards functions relating to land drainage, fisheries and river pollution and certain other functions; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 32
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent28 May 1948
Other legislation
Repealed byWater Resources Act 1963
Status: Repealed

The River Boards Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 32) was an Act of Parliament passed by the United Kingdom Government which provided constitutional, financial and general administrative structures for river boards, which were responsible for the management of river board areas, and superseded the catchment boards that had been set up under the Land Drainage Act 1930.

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