Local Government Act 1974

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

517P: Notification by local authority of receipt of objections

You could also call this:

"Telling people about objections to a proposal"

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When a local authority gets objections to a transfer proposal, they must check if they have received any written objections within 7 days after the closing date. You can find out more about lodging written objections under section 517K. The local authority must see if they have received objections from certain groups, including other local authorities, operators of drainage or water supply systems, and scheme users who occupy at least 5% of the properties served by the scheme.

The local authority must then tell the person who made the proposal, all scheme users, and every local authority that might be affected by the proposed transfer, whether they have to send the proposal and objections to the Commission. They must do this based on what they found out about the objections they received, and you can find out more about this process under section 517S.

You should know that the local authority has to follow a process when dealing with objections to a transfer proposal, and this process involves checking for objections and informing relevant parties about what happens next.

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517O: Service of copies of objections, or

"Telling the person you disagree with about your objection"

517Q: Procedure where transfer proposal not required to be forwarded to Commission, or

"What happens if a transfer proposal doesn't need to be sent to the Commission for approval"

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

517PNotification by local authority of receipt of objections

Within 7 days after the closing date for the lodging of written objections under section 517K, the local authority—
must ascertain whether it has received any written objections from—
1. any local authority entitled under section 517K(c) to object to the transfer proposal; or
2. the operator of any other drainage system or water supply system that utilises the scheme; or
3. scheme users who are occupiers of not less than 5% of the number of separately rateable properties served by the land drainage scheme or water race scheme; and
must advise the proposer and all other scheme users and every local authority within whose district the scheme is wholly or partly situated or which is otherwise likely to be affected by the proposed transfer, whether or not, as a result of its finding under paragraph (a), the local authority is required by section 517S to forward to the Commission the transfer proposal and every objection received by the local authority.

Notes

Section 517P: inserted, on 15 October 1999, by section 11 of the Local Government Amendment Act (No 5) 1999 (1999 No 125).