192 Maps of fresh-water limits
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

192  Maps of fresh-water limits

(1)     The Secretary of State—

(a)     shall deposit maps with the [appropriate agency] showing what appear to him to be the fresh-water limits of every relevant river or watercourse;

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