Section 50 Provisions as to catchment boards
The provisions of this Act (including the provisions inserted by this Act in the Act of 1930) shall apply to the Conservators of the River Thames and to the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board as if they were river boards and their catchment areas were river board areas, subject to the modification that for the references to the provisions of the River Boards Act, 1948, specified in the first column of the following Table there shall be substituted respectively references to the provisions of the Act of 1930 specified in the second column of that Table:
Table
| Provisions of River Boards Act, 1948: | Corresponding provisions of Land Drainage Act, 1930: |
|---|---|
| Section 6 | Section 5 |
| Section 10 | Section 22 |
| Section 13 | Section 45 |
and for the references to subsection (2) of section two of, and paragraph 3 of the Second Schedule to, the said Act of 1948 there shall be substituted references to Part II of the Thames Conservancy Act, 1950, and Part II of the Thames Conservancy Act, 1959, or Part II of the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board Act, 1950, as the case may require.
In paragraph (4) of section nine of the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board Act, 1950 (which disqualifies a person for continuing as a member of the Board if, without good reason, he is absent from meetings of the Board for more than six months), after the word " Board ", where it first occurs, there shall be inserted the words
“and of any committee of the Board of which he is a member”.
The approval of the Minister shall not be required for the making of rules by the Board under section four of the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board Act, 1936 (which enables the Board to regulate its proceedings).