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Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 344
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
Commissions for Local Administration (Extension of Jurisdiction) Order 2004
Laid before Parliament
23rd February 2004
Coming into force
1st April 2004
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of February 2004
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas internal drainage boards are authorities which are established respectively by or under an Act of Parliament(), and which have the power to levy a rate(), Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 25(2) of the Local Government Act 1974(), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Commissions for Local Administration (Extension of Jurisdiction) Order 2004, and shall come into force on 1st April 2004.
Internal drainage boards
2. Part III of the Local Government Act 1974 shall apply to every internal drainage board the continued existence of which is confirmed by section 1 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 or which is constituted or reconstituted pursuant to sections 3 to 5 of that Act.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory Note
This Order, which extends to England and Wales, applies Part III of the Local Government Act 1974 to internal drainage boards, with effect from 1st April 2004. This will enable the Commission for Local Administration in England and the Commission for Local Administration in Wales to investigate complaints made by or on behalf of a member of the public who claims to have sustained injustice in consequence of maladministration by an internal drainage board.
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