[61A Duties in relation to drainage boards]
Land Drainage Act 1991 (1991 c 59) | Legislation

[Part IVA Duties with Respect to the Environment and Recreation]

[61A  Duties in relation to drainage boards]

[(1)     It shall be the duty of an internal drainage board, of each of the Ministers and of the [appropriate supervisory body], in formulating or considering any proposals relating to any functions of such a board—

(a)     so far as may be consistent—

(i)     with the purposes of any enactment relating to the functions of such a board; and

(ii)     in the case of the Secretary of State, with his duties under section 2 of the Water Industry Act 1991,

so to exercise any power conferred with respect to the proposals on the board, that Minister or, as the case may be, the [appropriate supervisory body] as to further the conservation and enhancement of natural beauty and the conservation of flora, fauna and geological or physiographical features of special interest;

(b)     to have regard to the desirability of protecting and conserving buildings, sites and objects of archaeological, architectural or historic interest; and

(c)     to take into

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