135 Amount, assessment etc of general drainage charge
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

135  Amount, assessment etc of general drainage charge

(1)     A general drainage charge raised by the [appropriate agency] for [a flood risk management region] for any year shall be at a uniform amount per hectare of chargeable land in [that region].

(2)     The uniform amount referred to in subsection (1) above shall be ascertained, subject to subsection (3) below, by multiplying the relevant quotient . . . by one penny and by such number as may be specified by either of the Ministers by order made for the purposes of this subsection.

(3)     The number

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