(1)In subsection (5) of section 46 of the M1Land Drainage Act 1976 (by virtue of which the aggregate amount for which precepts in respect of the expenses of a local land drainage district may be issued for any one financial year to a local authority may not, unless special consent has been obtained, exceed 1·7 times the estimated penny rate product for the relevant area of the authority for that year) for the words from “1·7" to the end there shall be substituted the words “ the amount calculated by multiplying the estimated penny rate product for the relevant area of the authority for that year by such number as the Ministers may specify by order made for the purposes of this subsection ”.
(2)In subsection (6) of that section (effect of special resolution) for the words from “1·7" to “area" there shall be substituted the words “ the amount calculated by multiplying the estimated penny rate product for the relevant area of that authority for that year by such number as the Ministers may specify by order made for the purposes of this subsection ”.
(3)Accordingly, in section 109 of that Act (regulations and orders)—
(a)in subsection (2), after the words “under section" there shall be inserted the words “ 46 or ”; and
(b)in subsection (3), after the word “27," there shall be inserted the word “ 46, ”.
(4)The amendments made by this section shall have effect in relation to every rate period, within the meaning of the M2General Rate Act 1967, beginning with such rate period as the Ministers may by order made by statutory instrument specify.
(5)An order under subsection (4) above shall not specify a rate period beginning before 1st April 1981.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of ss. 24, 25(1)–(3)(5), 26(4), 27, 32, 46 61(4A), 68(2), 69(3), 92(1)—(4)(6)—(8), 112, 114, 118, 131(3), 145, 155(1), 173, 174, 175(1), 176, 180, 181(1)–(3), 183, 92(1)–(4)(6)–(8), 184(1)(2), 186, 191, 193, 194 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 182, 187, 190 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV