# The Internal Drainage Boards (Finance) Regulations 1990, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the 1988 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988;
“agricultural buildings” has the meaning provided by paragraphs 2 to 8 of Schedule 5 to the 1988 Act;
“agricultural land” has the meaning provided by paragraphs 2 and 4 to 8 of Schedule 5 to the 1988 Act;
“annual value property” means a hereditament comprising agricultural land or agricultural buildings in respect of which drainage rates may be assessed under the principal Act or any local Act;
“board” means an internal drainage board the continued existence of which is confirmed by section 140 of the Water Act 1989 or which is constituted or re-constituted pursuant to sections 11 to 13 of the principal Act;
“district” means an internal drainage district the continued existence of which is confirmed by section 140 of the Water Act 1989 or which is constituted or re-constituted pursuant to section 11 of the principal Act;
“land” has the meaning provided by section 116(1) of the principal Act;
“local charging authority” in relation to a board means a charging authority for any area wholly or partly included in their district;
“the National Rivers Authority” means the National Rivers Authority established by section 1 of the Water Act 1989;
“the principal Act” means the Land Drainage Act 1976;
“register” in relation to a board means the register prepared by the board in accordance with the Registers of Drainage Boards Regulations 1968;
“valuation list” means a valuation list maintained under Part V of the General Rate 1967.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation shall be construed as a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/72/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/internal-drainage-boards-finance-regulations-1990/regulation-2
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