Part V Miscellaneous, General and Supplemental Provisions
Drainage
100 Meaning of “drainage” in certain enactments.
1
In the definition of “drainage” in section 113(1) of the M1Water Resources Act 1991, after paragraph (c) there shall be added the words
and
d
the carrying on, for any purpose, of any other practice which involves management of the level of water in a watercourse;
2
For the definition of “drainage” in section 72(1) of the M2Land Drainage Act 1991 there shall be substituted—
“drainage” includes—
- a
defence against water (including sea water);
- b
irrigation, other than spray irrigation;
- c
warping; and
- d
the carrying on, for any purpose, of any other practice which involves management of the level of water in a watercourse;