{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1991/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1991/schedule-4/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/59",
  "legislation_title": "Land Drainage Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where any objections to a scheme are duly made and are not withdrawn—\n(a) the appropriate agencyor local authority shall send a copy of the draft scheme, together with copies of the objections, to one of the Ministers; and\n(b) the scheme shall not be made unless the draft is confirmed, with or without modifications, by one of the Ministers.\n(2) Before either of the Ministers confirms a scheme under this paragraph, he shall either—\n(a) cause a public local inquiry to be held; or\n(b) give to—\n(i) the appropriate agency or, as the case may be, the local authority; and\n(ii) the persons by whom the objections are made,\nan opportunity of appearing before and being heard by a person appointed by him for the purpose.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 338 (with Sch. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/59/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}