{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registers-of-drainage-boards-regulations-1968/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registers-of-drainage-boards-regulations-1968/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1968/1672",
  "legislation_title": "The Registers of Drainage Boards Regulations 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registers-of-drainage-boards-regulations-1968",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Time for preparation",
  "text": "(1) Each drainage board shall prepare the register in accordance with regulations 4 and 5 and the map in accordance with regulation 6, so as to show the position of hereditaments in their district at the initial date, within the following period, that is to say —\n(a) in the case of a drainage board which is in existence on the date on which these regulations come into operation, the period ending on 31st August 1969;\n(b) in the case of a drainage board which comes into existence at any time after the first-mentioned date, the shortest period which is reasonably practicable.\n(2) The prescription of any period by paragraph (1) is without prejudice to the power of the Minister under section 35 of the Act to allow a longer period in any particular case.\n(3) In these regulations “the initial date” in relation to a drainage board means:—\n(a) in a case to which paragraph (1) (a) applies, the last day of the period within which the board is required to prepare the register and map, whether the period is prescribed by paragraph (1) (a) or is a longer period allowed by the Minister as aforesaid; and\n(b) in any other case, the day on which the preparation of the register and map is completed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/1672/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:18:48.015751+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."
}