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Local Government Act 1974

Divestment of land drainage schemes and water race schemes - Transfer petitions and transfer proposals

517K: Right to object to transfer proposal

You could also call this:

"Objecting to a plan to change who manages a water or drainage scheme that affects you"

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You can object to a transfer proposal about a land drainage scheme or water race scheme if you are affected by it. You might be a scheme user who operates a drainage or water supply system that uses the scheme, or you might be another scheme user who is affected by the proposal. If you are a local authority in the area where the scheme is located, or if you think the transfer will affect you, you can also object to the proposal, which was filed under section 517E.

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Part 29ADivestment of land drainage schemes and water race schemes
Transfer petitions and transfer proposals

517KRight to object to transfer proposal

  1. The following may, in accordance with this Part, object to a transfer proposal filed under section 517E in relation to any land drainage scheme or water race scheme:

  2. any scheme user who is the operator of a drainage system or water supply system that utilises the scheme to which the transfer proposal relates:
    1. any other scheme user in relation to the scheme to which the transfer proposal relates:
      1. any local authority within whose district the scheme to which the transfer proposal relates is wholly or partly situated or that is otherwise likely to be affected by the transfer of that scheme (including the local authority that has control of that scheme).

        Notes
        • Section 517K: replaced, on , by section 12(1) of the Water Services Acts Repeal Act 2024 (2024 No 2).