{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1991/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1991/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/59",
  "legislation_title": "Land Drainage Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-act-1991",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Variation of awards.",
  "text": "(1) Where any award made under any public or local Act contains any provision which in any manner affects or relates to the drainage of land, including any provision affecting the powers or duties of any drainage body or other person with respect to the drainage of land, the appropriate agency—\n(a) may submit to the appropriate Minister for confirmation a scheme for revoking, varying or amending that provision; and\n(b) shall submit such a scheme if it is directed to do so by the appropriate Minister on an application under subsection (2) below.\n(2) An application may be made to the appropriate Minister for such a direction as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above by any person who is under any obligation imposed by the award or by any internal drainage board.\n(3) An application under subsection (2) above shall not be entertained unless—\n(a) the applicant has requested the appropriate agency to submit a scheme under this section; and\n(b) the appropriate agency has either refused to do so or failed to do so within six months or has submitted a scheme different from that which was requested.\n(4) A scheme under this section with respect to any award may—\n(a) provide for commuting, on the basis on which the obligations to which section 33 below relates are to be commuted, the obligation of any person under the award to repair or maintain any drainage works;\n(b) contain such incidental, consequential or supplemental provisions as are necessary or proper for the purposes of the scheme;\n(c) be revoked or varied by a subsequent scheme under this section.\n(5) The appropriate Minister may by order made by statutory instrument confirm any scheme submitted to him under this section, either with or without modifications.\n(6) Schedule 3 to this Act shall apply with respect to an order confirming a scheme under this section.\n(7) An order confirming a scheme under this section may contain provisions with respect to the persons by whom all or any of the expenses incurred by the appropriate Minister or other persons in connection with the making or confirmation of the order, or the making of the scheme, are to be borne.\n(8) In this section “the appropriate Minister”—\n(a) in relation to England, means the Minister; and\n(b) in relation to Wales, means the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 32 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 323 (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (1.6.2016) by The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Development Consent Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/547), arts. 1, 3(1)(d) (with arts. 4, 5(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (22.12.2017) by The M20 Junction 10a Development Consent Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1202), arts. 1, 3(1)(e) (with arts. 4, 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (30.10.2019) by The Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1358), arts. 1, 45(1)(b) (with art. 45(7), Sch. 13 Pt. 1 para. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (25.5.2020) by The West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/511), arts. 1, 44(1)(c) (with art. 44(8))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (15.10.2020) by The Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing Development Consent Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1075), arts. 1, 3(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (29.10.2020) by The Southampton to London Pipeline Development Consent Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1099), arts. 1, 36(1)(d) (with art. 32, Sch. 9 para. 36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (19.2.2021) by The A303 Sparkford to Ilchester Dualling Development Consent Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/125), arts. 1, 3(1)(c) (with arts. 4, 47)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (2.6.2022) by The M25 Junction 10/A3 Wisley Interchange Development Consent Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/549), arts. 1, 3(1)(d) (with arts. 6, 34)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (6.6.2022) by The M25 Junction 28 Development Consent Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/573), arts. 1, 47(1)(d) (with arts. 5, 36)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (2.9.2022) by The A47 North Tuddenham to Easton Development Consent Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/911), arts. 1, 3(2) (with arts. 4, 53)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (8.9.2022) by The A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Development Consent Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/934), arts. 1, 3(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (4.11.2022) by The A47/A11 Thickthorn Junction Development Consent Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1070), arts. 1, 3(2) (with arts. 4, 52, Sch. 9 para. 82)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (7.12.2022) by The A417 Missing Link Development Consent Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1248), arts. 1, 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (10.3.2023) by The A47 Wansford to Sutton Development Consent Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/218), arts. 1, 3(2) (with arts. 4, 50)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C15",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (18.7.2023) by The Longfield Solar Farm Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/734), arts. 1, 6(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C16",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (27.7.2023) by The Boston Alternative Energy Facility Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/778), arts. 1, 40(1) (with arts. 5, 53, Sch. 8 paras. 6, 64)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C17",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (4.8.2023) by The A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/834), arts. 1, 3(1) (with arts. 6(2), 18, Sch. 11 paras. 5, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C18",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (7.9.2023) by The A38 Derby Junctions Development Consent Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/923), arts. 1, 3 (with arts. 4, 45, Sch. 9 paras. 6, 46, 54(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C19",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (9.2.2024) by The A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Development Consent Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/60), arts. 1, 3(2) (with arts. 4, 52, Sch. 11 paras. 6, 24, 39(1), 55(1), 84)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C20",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (28.3.2024) by The A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Development Consent Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/360), arts. 1, 3(1) (with arts. 18, 35, Sch. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C21",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (3.8.2024) by The Gate Burton Energy Park Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/807), arts. 1, 6(1) (with art. 45, Sch. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C22",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (3.8.2024) by The Sunnica Energy Farm Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/802), arts. 1, 6(1)(b) (with art. 44, Sch. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C23",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (3.8.2024) by The Mallard Pass Solar Farm Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/796), arts. 1, 6(1)(b) (with Sch. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C24",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (27.9.2024) by The Cottam Solar Project Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/943), arts. 1, 6(1) (with art. 48, Sch. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C25",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (15.2.2025) by The West Burton Solar Project Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/116), arts. 1, 6 (with art. 47, Sch. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C26",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (17.2.2025) by The Heckington Fen Solar Park Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/85), arts. 1, 6(1) (with art. 43, Sch. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C27",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (31.5.2025) by The East Yorkshire Solar Farm Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/585), arts. 1, 6(1) (with art. 49, Sch. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C28",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (11.7.2025) by The Oaklands Farm Solar Park Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/739), arts. 1, 6(1)(b) (with Sch. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C29",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (12.10.2025) by The Gatwick Airport (Northern Runway Project) Development Consent Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1054), arts. 1, 45(1) (with arts. 5, 9(6), 43, Sch. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C30",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (22.10.2025) by The A46 Newark Bypass Development Consent Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1090), arts. 1, 3(3) (with arts. 4, 9, 51, Sch. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C31",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (5.11.2025) by The Tillbridge Solar Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1105), arts. 1, 6(1)(b) (with art. 49, Sch. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C32",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (27.11.2025) by The Cory Decarbonisation Project Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1227), arts. 1, 7(1) (with Sch. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C33",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (25.2.2026) by The A46 Coventry Junctions (Walsgrave) Development Consent Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/125), arts. 1, 52(1) (with arts. 40, 45, Sch. 9) (which affecting provisions were superseded by S.I. 2026/537, arts. 1, 52(1) (with arts. 40, 45, Sch. 9))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C34",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (11.3.2026) by The Fenwick Solar Farm Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/151), arts. 1, 6(1)(b) (with Sch. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C35",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (30.4.2026) by The Springwell Solar Farm Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/419), arts. 1, 6(1) (with art. 48)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C36",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (23.7.2026) by The Peartree Hill Solar Farm Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/869), arts. 1, 8(1) (with art. 37, Sch. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C37",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (24.7.2026) by The Dean Moor Solar Farm Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/754), arts. 1, 8(1) (with Sch. 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C38",
      "text": "S. 32 excluded (30.7.2026) by The One Earth Solar Farm Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/934), arts. 1, 6(1) (with art. 47)"
    }
  ],
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      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1086",
      "affecting_title": "The Steeple Renewables Project Order 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1074",
      "affecting_title": "The Green Hill Solar Farm Order 2026"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/59/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:43.533893+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."
}