# The Land Drainage (River Authorities) General Regulations 1965, Regulation 6: Prescribed interests


The persons or bodies affected by an order under the Act in any way relating to river authorities or to the exercise of their functions who, for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Act, have an inter sufficient for the presentation of a memorial that the order shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure, shall be such as are prescribed in following Table:—
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(a) In the case of an order made under section 4 of the Act confirming a scheme of a river authority making provision for the alteration of the boundaries of any internal drainage district, or the amalgamation of the whole or any part of any internal drainage district with any other such district, or the abolition or reconstitution of any internal drainage district and of the drainage board thereof, or the constitution of new internal drainage districts and drainage boards or the constitution of drainage boards for all or any of the separate drainage districts constituted by the scheme, or the amendment of the method of constituting a drainage board, or the making of alterations in, and the addition of supplemental provisions to, the provisions of any local Act, or of any award made under any such Act, or any matter supplemental or consequential thereto.
(a)(i) The drainage authority of the existing drainage area.
(ii) The proprietors of not less than one sixth part of the lands within the area affected.
(b) In the case of an order made under section 8 of the Act confirming a scheme of a river authority for revoking, varying or amending any provisions in an award made under any public or local Act which in any manner affects or relates to land drainage in a river authority area.
(b) The proprietor of any land affected by the award.
(c) In the case of an order made under section 11 of the Act for the transfer to a river authority of the powers, duties, liabilities, obligations and property of a drainage authority or drainage board.
(c) The drainage authority or drainage board.
(d) In the case of an order made under section 41 of the Act revoking, varying or amending the provisions of any local Act relating to navigation rights over, or to the powers and duties of any navigation authority with respect to, any waters within any drainage district.
(d) The navigation authority concerned and any harbour authority, conservancy authority or navigation authority, with whose area of jurisdiction the waters of the navigation authority concerned connect.
(e) In the case of any order made under the Act.
(e) (i) The council of any administrative county or of Greater London, the council of any London borough or county borough, or a river authority, being a council or authority in whose area is situated the whole or part of a drainage area affected by the order or a drainage district proposed to be constituted by the order.
(ii) Any person or body certified by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to be affected by the order and to have an interest sufficient for the presentation of a memorial.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1965/443/regulation/6 (the official version)
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