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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1991/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/59",
  "legislation_title": "Land Drainage Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The charging authority for any area wholly or partly included in an internal drainage district may appoint a member or members of the internal drainage board having power, by virtue of regulations under the Local Government Finance Act 1988, to issue special levies to that authority.\n(2) In appointing a person to be a member of an internal drainage board a charging authority shall have regard to the desirability of appointing a person who—\n(a) has knowledge or experience (including knowledge of the internal drainage district in question or commercial experience) of some matter relevant to the functions of the board; and\n(b) has shown capacity in such a matter.\n(3) This paragraph has effect subject to the restrictions on appointments which are imposed by paragraph 6 below or, as the case may require, paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (number of appointed members of internal drainage board allowed in period ending with 31st March 1993).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1988 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1991 c. 60."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/59/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:37:03.990328+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."
}