For the purpose of providing their district, or any part thereof, with a supply of water, a local authority may, subject to the provisions of this section and to the provisions of Part XII of this Act with respect to the execution of works affecting water or water rights—
A local authority shall not, for the purpose of supplying water under this Act, construct any works for taking or intercepting water without the approval of the Minister.
Where a rural authority propose to carry out works for a supply of water to any part of their district, they shall, before adopting plans for the works, give notice of their proposals to the parish council of each parish to be served by the works, or, in the case of a parish not under a parish council, to the parish meeting.
Where a local authority have under this Act, or under any Act repealed by this Act, acquired a water undertaking constituted or regulated by an order made under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, or any Act amending that Act, the provisions of section three hundred and three of the Public Health Act, 1875, with respect to the power of the Minister to make provisional orders for repealing or amending local Acts shall apply as if the order were a local Act which could be repealed or amended under that section.