Land Drainage Act 1930

Land Drainage Act 1930
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend and consolidate the enactments relating to the drainage of land, and for purposes in connection with such amendment.
Citation	20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 44
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	1 August 1930
Commencement	1 August 1930
Repealed	17 January 1977
Other legislation
Amends	Ipswich and Stowmarket Navigation Act 1790; Ipswich and Stowmarket Navigation Act 1793;
Repeals/revokes	Statute of Sewers 1531; Continuance of Statute of Sewers Act 1549; Glamorganshire Sea Sands Act 1554; Commission of Sewers Act 1571; Thames Commission of Sewers Act 1605; Commissions of Sewers Act 1708;
Amended by	Thames Conservancy Act 1932; Local Government Act 1933; Local Government Act 1948; Courts Act 1971;
Repealed by	Land Drainage Act 1976
Relates to	Thames Conservancy (Appointments and Tolls) Provisional Order Act 1910; Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1930; River Boards Act 1948;
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Land Drainage Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 44) was an act of the United Kingdom parliament which provided a new set of administrative structures to ensure that drainage of low-lying land could be managed effectively. It followed the proposals of a royal commission which sat during 1927.

The act sought to set up catchment boards with overall responsibility for each of the main rivers of England and Wales, and to alter the basis on which drainage rates could be collected, removing the 400-year-old precept that only those who directly benefited from drainage works could be expected to pay for them.