Savings in respect of existing drainage obligationsE+W
185 Savings in respect of existing drainage obligations.E+W
(1)Nothing in the flood defence provisions of this Act shall operate to release any person from an obligation to which section 21 of the M1Land Drainage Act 1991 applies.
(2)The functions of the [F1appropriate agency] as respects the doing of any work under the flood defence provisions of this Act are not to be treated as in any way limited by the fact that some other person is under an obligation, by reason of tenure, custom, prescription or otherwise, to do that work.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 185(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 296 (with Sch. 7)
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