Part V MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL
Powers to acquire and dispose of land
63 Power of internal drainage boards to dispose of land.
1
Subject to the following provisions of this section, an internal drainage board may dispose of land held by them in any manner they wish.
2
Except with the consent of the relevant Minister, an internal drainage board shall not dispose of land under this section, otherwise than by way of a short tenancy, for a consideration less than the best that can reasonably be obtained.
3
Except with the consent of the relevant Minister, an internal drainage board shall not dispose under this section, otherwise than by way of a short tenancy, of land which has been acquired by them (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) either—
a
compulsorily; or
b
at a time when they were authorised to acquire it compulsorily, by agreement.
4
For the purposes of this section a disposal of land is a disposal by way of a short tenancy if it consists of—
a
the grant of a term not exceeding seven years; or
b
the assignment of a term which at the date of the assignment has not more than seven years to run.