{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drainage-northern-ireland-order-1973/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drainage-northern-ireland-order-1973/article-27.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1973/69",
  "legislation_title": "Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drainage-northern-ireland-order-1973",
  "path": "article/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Agreements with occupiers of land for contributions towards cost of certain works",
  "text": "(1) Where the occupier of any land requests the Ministry to carry out drainage works on a designated watercourse and the Ministry is satisfied that, in the circumstances of the case, the whole cost of the works should not fall to be paid out of public funds, the Ministry may enter into an agreement with the occupier whereby the Ministry shall carry out the drainage works in consideration of the occupier reimbursing to the Ministry such proportion of the cost thereof as may be specified in the agreement.\n(2) Any money required to be reimbursed pursuant to any agreement under paragraph (1) shall be recoverable by the Ministry.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1973/69/article/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:36.383193+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}