Part VIFinancial provisions in relation to the Authority
Chapter IIRevenue Provisions
Revenue from internal drainage boards
141Precepts for recovery of contributions from internal drainage boards
1
The Authority may issue precepts to internal drainage boards requiring payment of any amount required to be contributed by those boards under section 139 above.
2
An internal drainage board shall pay, in accordance with any precept issued to them under this section, the amount thereby demanded.
3
It shall be the duty of the Authority to prepare, in such form as the relevant Minister may direct, a statement of—
a
the purposes to which the amount demanded by any precept issued by the Authority under this section is intended to be applied; and
b
the basis on which it is calculated;
and an internal drainage board shall not be liable to pay the amount demanded by any such precept until they have received such a statement.
4
Compliance with any precept issued by the Authority in accordance with this section may be enforced by mandamus.
5
In this section “the relevant Minister” has the same meaning as in section 140 above.