{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1976/section-118",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1976/section-118.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/70",
  "legislation_title": "Land Drainage Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1976",
  "path": "section/118",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "118",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Land Drainage Act 1976.\n(2) This Act shall come into force immediately after the coming into force of the Land Drainage (Amendment) Act 1976.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , this Act extends to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3, 4(2), Sch. 3 (with s. 2, Sch. 2 paras. 10, 14(1), 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1976 c. 17."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "17.1.1977 appointed for commencement of Land Drainage (Amendment) Act 1976 (c. 17) by S.I. 1976/2244"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/70/section/118",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:27:43.364869+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."
}