517ZBRates and charges payable for proportionate part of year in certain circumstances

1. Where in any year a land drainage scheme or water race scheme is transferred under this Part before a local authority prescribes any charge or sets any rate for that year in respect of the scheme, any expenditure incurred by the local authority in respect of the scheme for the period beginning on 1 July in that year and ending with the transfer date of the scheme is recoverable by the local authority upon the transfer of the scheme, as a debt owing to the local authority by the scheme owner.

2. If in any year a land drainage scheme or water race scheme is transferred under this Part, after any charge or rate in respect of the scheme has been prescribed or set for that year, the local authority may assess and collect the charge or rate, but the proportion of the charge or rate that was assessed for the purpose of the scheme and that was not expended by the local authority before the transfer of the scheme must be paid by the local authority to the scheme owner upon the transfer of the scheme.