{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1961/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1961/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/48",
  "legislation_title": "Land Drainage Act 1961",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1961",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Variation of awards",
  "text": "(1) The power of a river board under section eight of the Act of 1930 to submit to the Minister for confirmation a scheme for revoking, varying or amending any provisions affecting or relating to land drainage contained in an award made under a public or local Act shall be exercised if the Minister, on an application under this section, so requires.\n(2) An application under this section may be made by any person who is under any obligation imposed by the award or by any drainage authority.\n(3) An application under this section shall not be entertained unless the applicant has requested the river board to submit such a scheme as aforesaid and either the river board have refused to do so or failed to do so within six months or have submitted a scheme different from that so requested.",
  "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/20",
    "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."
}