{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991/schedule-4/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991/schedule-4/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/57",
  "legislation_title": "Water Resources Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A minute of the proceedings of a meeting of a flood defence committee, purporting to be signed at that or the next ensuing meeting by—\n(a) the chairman of the meeting to the proceedings of which the minute relates; or\n(b) by the chairman of the next ensuing meeting,\nshall be evidence of the proceedings and shall be received in evidence without further proof.\n(2) Where a minute has been signed as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above in respect of a meeting of a committee or sub-committee, then, unless the contrary is shown—\n(a) the meeting shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held;\n(b) all the proceedings had at any such meeting shall be deemed to have been duly had; and\n(c) that committee or sub-committee shall be deemed to have been duly constituted and have had power to deal with the matters referred to in the minute.\n(3) The validity of any proceedings of a flood defence committee shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members of the committee or by any defect in the appointment of such a member.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/57/schedule/4/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:46.190861+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."
}