{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-scotland-act-1958/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/24",
  "legislation_title": "Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1958",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-drainage-scotland-act-1958",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "On the expiry of the period of twenty-eight days referred to in the last foregoing paragraph the Secretary of State shall make the order if and only if—\n(a) every owner on whom a notice has been served under that paragraph has informed the Secretary of State in compliance with the request contained in such notice that he agrees with the proposal to make the order; or\n(b) a majority of such owners have informed the Secretary of State in compliance with the said request that they agree with such proposal and—\n(i) the owners who have so informed the Secretary of State will, if the order is made, be together liable thereunder to bear more than one half of the cost of improvement, and\n(ii) the estimated cost of improvement specified in the draft order does not exceed an amount equal to three hundred and twenty-five pounds for each hectare of agricultural land situated in the proposed improvement area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1977/2007, reg. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1978/1154, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/24/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:13:07.221415+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."
}