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(a)except with the consent of the [F1Agency], construct any drainage works or alter any existing drainage works, if the construction or alteration will in any way affect the interests of, or the working of any drainage works belonging to, any other drainage board; or
(b)otherwise than by way of maintaining an existing work, construct or alter any structure, appliance or channel for the discharge of water from their district into a main river except on such terms as may be agreed between the [F1Agency] and the internal drainage board or, in default of agreement, be determined by the relevant Minister.
(3)The consent of the [F1Agency] for the purposes of subsection (2)(a) above shall not be unreasonably withheld and may be given subject to reasonable conditions.
(4)If an internal drainage board acts in contravention of subsection (2) above, the [F1Agency] shall—
(b)be entitled to recover from that board the amount of any expenses reasonably incurred by the [F1Agency] in the exercise of that power.
(a)whether the consent of the [F1Agency] is unreasonably withheld;
(b)whether any condition subject to which any consent of the [F1Agency] is given is reasonable; or
(c)whether any expenses have been reasonably incurred by the [F1Agency]in pursuance of this section;
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Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F2Words in s. 8 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22, para. 191 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 39 Default powers of the [F3Agency].E+W(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3) below but without prejudice to section 8 above, where in the opinion of the [F3Agency] any land is injured or likely to be injured by flooding or inadequate drainage that might be remedied wholly or partially by the exercise of drainage powers vested in any internal drainage board which either—
(b)in the opinion of the [F3Agency], are not being exercised to the necessary extent,
the [F3Agency] may exercise all or any of those powers and also any power vested in that board for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred in the exercise by that board of those powers or for any purposes incidental to the exercise of those powers.
(2)Before exercising any powers under subsection (1) above the [F3Agency] shall give to the internal drainage board in whose default it proposes to exercise the powers not less than thirty days’ notice of its intention to do so.
(3)If, before the end of the period of notice specified under subsection (2) above, the internal drainage board in question intimate in writing to the [F3Agency] their objection to the exercise by the [F3Agency] of the powers, the [F3Agency] shall not exercise the powers except with the consent of the relevant Minister.
(5)Where in pursuance of this section the [F3Agency] is exercising the powers of the drainage board for an internal drainage district, any person authorised in that behalf by the [F3Agency] may, so far as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of, and in connection with, the exercise by the [F3Agency] of those powers, at all reasonable times inspect and take copies of any deeds, maps, books, papers or other documents which—
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(2)If the [F4Agency] refuses to comply with any application under subsection (1) above, the council by which the application was made may appeal against the refusal to the relevant Minister and he may, if he thinks fit, require the [F4Agency] to comply with the application.
(3)Without prejudice to the power of the [F4Agency] to give a new direction, the [F4Agency] may—
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(2)Notwithstanding any restriction by reference to a main river of the powers conferred on the [F6Agency] by section 165 of the M1Water Resources Act 1991, the [F6Agency] may—
(a)with the consent of an internal drainage board, carry out and maintain in that board’s district any works which the board might carry out or maintain, on such terms as to payment or otherwise as may be agreed between the board and the [F6Agency]; or
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