{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-rivers-authority-levies-regulations-1990/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-rivers-authority-levies-regulations-1990/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/118",
  "legislation_title": "The National Rivers Authority (Levies) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-rivers-authority-levies-regulations-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations confer a power on the National Rivers Authority (“the Authority”) to raise revenue, in order to meet its expenses in respect of local flood defence districts, by the issue of levies to certain local authorities in respect of the financial year 1990/91 and subsequent financial years. This power to issue levies replaces a power to issue precepts to local authorities under section 46 of the Land Drainage Act 1976.\nThe Regulations include provisions as to when levies must be issued (regulation 4), the maximum amount of levies (regulation 5), the issue of substituted levies (regulation 8) and the payment of levies (regulation 9). Where a district comprises areas of more than one local authority, regulation 6 requires the Authority to issue levies to all those local authorities and provides a method of apportionment of the expenses of the district that are to be raised by levies. Regulation 7 requires local authorities to provide information to the Authority for the purpose of that apportionment. Regulations 10 and 11 provide for a local authority to anticipate the issue to it of a levy, for the purpose of its estimation of its expenses. The Regulations also provide that certain duties of the Authority and of local authorities under the Land Drainage Act 1976 apply in relation to the issue or treatment of levies, as they apply in the case of precepts (regulation 12).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/118/note",
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  "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."
}