The Gas and Water Works Facilities Act 1870 Amendment Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict.

c. 89) extended and amended the provisions of the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act 1870.

Having operated under the 1870 Act, the Board of Trade thought it was expedient to have powers to make provisional orders, to hold inquiries and to make or amend rules for enforcing the Act.

The Gas and Water Works Facilities Act 1870 Amendment Act 1873 received royal assent on 5 August 1873.

Its long title is ‘An Act to extend and amend the provisions of the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870.’ The Act comprises 15 sections and a schedule:[1] The Act was repealed by the Gas Act 1948.