Land Drainage Act 1961

The River Boards Act, 1948

30 (1) In subsection (1) of section ten (which provides for the apportionment of expenses of a river board among the councils of the several counties and county boroughs wholly or pardy included in the river board area on the basis of the totals of the rateable values of hereditaments in that area) for the words 'from " on the basis " to " river board area " there shall be substituted the words

“on the basis of the product, estimated in such manner as the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food may direct, of a rate of one penny in the pound for so much of the respective areas of those councils as is situated within the river board area”.

(2) For subsection (4) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(4) The councils of the several counties and county boroughs wholly or partly included in a river board area shall from time to time, if and when so required by the river board, furnish to the board a statement of the product, estimated in such manner as the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food may direct, of a rate of a penny in the pound for so much of the respective areas of those councils as is situated within the river board area”.

31 The power of a river board under paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section eleven to borrow money for the purpose of the repayment of money previously borrowed shall be exercisable without the consent of the Ministers referred to in that subsection.

32 In subsection (6) of section sixteen (which enables a person entitled under that section to enter any land to take with him such other persons as may be necessary) after the words " such other persons " there shall be inserted the words

“and such equipment”;

and in subsection (4) of that section (which requires twenty-four hours' notice before admission is demanded to any land used for residential purposes) after the word " purposes" there shall be inserted the words

“and admission with heavy equipment to any other land”,

after the words " shall not" there shall be inserted the words

“except in an emergency”,

and for the words " twenty-four hours " there shall be substituted the words

“seven days”.

33 At the end of paragraph 2 of the First Schedule (which requires the Ministers, before making an order, to consider any objections duly made to the draft order) there shall be added the words

“and in making the order the Ministers may make such modifications in the terms of the draft as appear to them desirable”.

34 At the end of paragraph 3 of the Second Schedule (which provides for the appointment of members of a river board for a term of three years beginning on the first day of November) there shall be added the words

“but if for any reason a member is appointed on or after the day on which he ought to have come into office he shall come into office on the day on which he is appointed and shall hold office for the remainder of the said term”.

35 In sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 7 of the Second Schedule (which requires a member of a river board to vacate his office if without good reason he is absent from meetings of the board for more than six months) after the word " board ", where it first occurs, there shall be inserted the words

“and of any committee of the board of which he is a member”.

36 In paragraph 14 of the Second Schedule (which enables a river board to regulate its proceedings) the words " with the approval of the Ministers " shall be omitted.