15 Disposal of spoil by boards and local authorities

15  Disposal of spoil by boards and local authorities

(1)     Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and sections 16 and 17 below, an internal drainage board or local authority may—

(a)     without making payment for it, appropriate and dispose of any matter removed in the course of the carrying out of any work for widening, deepening or dredging any ordinary watercourse; and

(b)     deposit any matter so removed on the banks of such a watercourse, or on such width of land adjoining such a watercourse as is sufficient to enable

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