# Land Drainage Act 1961, Section 1: Power of river board to raise revenue by means of general drainage charges


(1) For the purpose of increasing revenue available to meet the expenses of drainage works a river board may raise, and levy on the occupiers of chargeable hereditaments in the river board area, a charge to be known as a general drainage charge.
(2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act the chargeable hereditaments in any river board area shall be the agricultural land and agricultural buildings in so much of the area as does not fall within an internal drainage district.
(3) Every general drainage charge shall be at a uniform amount per pound on the annual value of each chargeable hereditament within the river board area, and that amount shall be an amount ascertained in accordance with regulations made under section two of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/48/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1961/section-1
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