Local Government Act 1974

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

517L: Notice of right to object

You could also call this:

"Telling you about your right to disagree with a proposal that affects your water or drainage system"

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When a local authority gets a transfer petition and proposal, they must send a notice to certain people. You will get this notice if you use a drainage or water supply system that is part of the proposal. The local authority must send the notice as soon as they can after they get the proposal.

The notice must also go to every other user of the system and to local authorities that have the right to object to the proposal under section 517K(c). You will get the notice so you know about the proposal and your right to object. The notice must follow the rules set out in section 517M.

The local authority must send the notice to you if you are a user of the system or if you are a local authority that can object to the proposal under section 517K(c). This is so you can have your say about the proposal. The notice is an important part of the process, and it must be sent after the local authority gets the proposal under section 517E, unless section 517F(3) applies.

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517K: Right to object to transfer proposal, or

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

517M: Contents of notice of right to object, or

"What to expect in a notice about objecting to a transfer proposal"

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

517LNotice of right to object

Subject to section 517F(3), a local authority that receives a transfer petition and transfer proposal under section 517E must, as soon as practicable after receiving it, forward a notice that complies with section 517M to—
every scheme user who is the operator of a drainage system or water supply system that utilises the scheme to which the transfer proposal relates; and
every other scheme user in relation to the scheme to which the transfer proposal relates; and
every local authority entitled under section 517K(c) to object to the transfer proposal.

Notes

Section 517L: replaced, on 17 February 2024, by section 12(1) of the Water Services Acts Repeal Act 2024 (2024 No 2).