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Protection of rights.
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9. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorise any landowner, or any water company, local authority, person, or persons authorised by any landowner, to injuriously affect any reservoir, canal, river, stream, or navigation, or the feeders thereof, or the supply, quality, or fall of water contained in any reservoir, canal, river, stream, or navigation, or in the feeders thereof, or any other water rights or easements in cases where any body of persons or person would, if this Act had not passed, have been entitled by law to prevent or be relieved against the injuriously affecting such reservoir, canal, river, stream, navigation, feeders, or such supply, quality, or fall of water, or other water rights or easements, unless the landowner, water company, local authority, person, or persons first obtain the consent in writing of the body of persons of person so entitled as aforesaid.
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