# Land Drainage Act 1961, Section 47: Composition and powers of Agricultural Land Tribunal for hearing of application under Part III


(1) The Lord Chancellor shall draw up for each Agricultural Land Tribunal and from time to time revise a panel of persons appearing to him to be experienced in matters relating to land drainage; and for each hearing by an Agricultural Land Tribunal of an application under this Part of this Act one of the members of the Tribunal shall, instead of being a person nominated in accordance with paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 16 of the Ninth Schedule to the Agriculture Act, 1947, be a person nominated by the chairman from the panel drawn up under this section.
(2) Paragraph 16a of the said Ninth Schedule (which provides for the exercise of the power of making nominations if the chairman is prevented from doing so) shall apply to nominations under this section.
(3) For the purpose of deciding any application under this Part of this Act the Agricultural Land Tribunal may authorise any of its members or any other person to enter and inspect any land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/48/section/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1961/section-47
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