{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1961/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1961/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/48",
  "legislation_title": "Land Drainage Act 1961",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1961",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Sea defence works",
  "text": "(1) The power of a river board to maintain, improve or construct drainage works for the purpose of defence against sea water or tidal water shall be exercisable anywhere in the river board area, irrespective of whether they are works in connection with the main river ; and for the purposes of this subsection the river board area shall be deemed to extend beyond the low-water mark.\n(2) The power of a river board under section forty-seven of the Act of 1930 to make byelaws for securing the efficient working of the drainage system in their area shall include power to make such byelaws as the board consider necessary for securing the proper defence against sea water or tidal water of any part of the river board area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/48/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:08.989782+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."
}