# Land Drainage Act 1961, Paragraph 11


For subsection (2) of section thirty-one (which enables a drainage board to authorise their clerk to institute, carry on or defend proceedings in relation to drainage rates) there shall be substituted the following subsection :—
“(2) A drainage board may by resolution authorise any member -or officer of the board, either generally or in respect of particular proceedings, to institute or defend on their behalf proceedings in relation to a drainage rate or to appear on their behalf, notwithstanding that he is not qualified to act as a solicitor, in any proceedings 'before a court of summary jurisdiction for the issue of a warrant of distress for failure to pay a drainage rate.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/48/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1961/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-11
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