The Water Authorities (Precepts to Internal Drainage Boards) Regulations 1974

Made: 6th March 1974

Laid before Parliament: 11th March 1974

Coming into Operation: 1st April 1974

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 22(3) and 74 of the Land Drainage Act 1930, as applied by section 9 of the Water Act 1973, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These regulations may be cited as the Water Authorities (Precepts to Internal Drainage Boards) Regulations 1974 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1974.

• (2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament, and as if these regulations and the regulations hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament.

Form of Statement of Purposes

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Any statement prepared under section 22(3) of the Land Drainage Act 1930, as applied by section 9 of the Water Act 1973 (which requires a water authority to prepare a statement of the purposes to which the amount demanded by any precept issued by the authority under that section is intended to be applied, and of the basis upon which it is calculated), shall be in the form set out in the schedule to these regulations, or in a form substantially to the like effect.

Revocation

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The River Authorities (Precepts on Internal Drainage Boards) Regulations 1969[^f00001] are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — LAND DRAINAGE ACT 1930, SECTION 22 WATER ACT 1973

Form of Statement

Form of Statement

Signed

In witness whereof the official seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 6th March 1974.

Fred Peart — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Water authorities may raise money towards defraying their expenses by issuing precepts to internal drainage boards. These Regulations, which come into operation on the 1st April 1974, prescribe a form of statement to be sent with every precept setting out the purposes to which the amount demanded is to be applied and the basis on which it is calculated.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: (1969 I, p. 1292).