BILL To secure the registration of optical practitioners, and to regulate the practice of sight-testing, and for purposes incidental thereto. Presented by Mr. West Russell, supported by Mr. Bird, Mr. Forrest, Sir Walter Greaves-Lord, Captain Fairfax, and Mr. Meller. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 11 February 1927. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: 120, George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; 1,St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 15, Donegall Square West, Belfast; or through any Bookseller. ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES. Clause. 1. PART I. CONSTITUTION OF NEW DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND BOARDS. Constitution of new drainage districts and boards. 2. Provisions as to powers and jurisdiction of new drainage boards. PART II. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS. 3. Drainage rates. 4. Contributions by councils of counties and county boroughs. 5. Contribution out of public moneys. 6. Contributions in respect of improvement to port or trade of King's Lynn. 7. Contributions towards certain expenses of South Level Board. 9. Extension of s. 4 (1) of Land Drainage Act, 1918, to all drainage authorities within Ouse district. 10. Obligation of Middle Level Commissioners under s. 17 of 25 & 26 Vict. c. clxxxviii to cease. PART III. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 11. Provision for transfer to Ouse Board or South Level Board of powers and duties of navigation authorities. 12. Provisions relating to works in Schedule III. Clause. 13. Repayment by Ouse Board or South Level Board of certain expenditure to owners and occupiers of land and to the Minister. 14. Exemption of Ouse Board from certain liability. 15. Saving for powers of drainage authorities, &c. PART IV. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. 16. Transfer of property and liabilities. 17. Preparation by existing Board of scheme with respect to transfer of property and liabilities of Board. 18. Transfer of existing officers. 19. Compensation to existing officers. PART V. PROVISIONS AS TO THE NORFOLK ESTUARY COMPANY. 20. Surrender of Lands. PART VI. · GENERAL. 21. Power of Boards to make byelaws. 22. 23. Provisions as to officers and accounts of the Board. 24. Costs of Act. 25. Power to repeal, vary or amend Act. 26. Continuation in force of certain provisions of the Order of 1920. A BILL ΤΟ 10 Make provision for the better drainage of the area A.D. 1927. drained by the River Ouse and its tributaries, and for purposes connected therewith. W HEREAS with the object of securing the better drainage of the area drained by the River Ouse and its tributaries provision was made by the Ouse Drainage Order, 1920 (in this Act referred to as "the 5 Order of 1920"), for constituting a certain area a drainage district for the purposes of Part II of the Land Drainage 24 & 25 Vict. Act, 1861, by the name of the Ouse Drainage District c. 133. and for constituting a drainage board for the said district, and for certain supplemental and consequential matters: And whereas the Order of 1920 was confirmed by the Land Drainage (Ouse) Provisional Order Confirmation 10 & 11 Act, 1920: And whereas the provisions of the Order of 1920 have been found to be defective and the object aforesaid 15 has not been attained, and it is therefore necessary to make further and better provision for securing the object aforesaid, and in particular to abolish the drainage district constituted by the Order of 1920 and, in lieu thereof, to provide for the constitution for the purposes 20 of Part II of the Land Drainage Act, 1861, of two new drainage districts consisting respectively of such areas as is hereinafter in this Act provided: And whereas it is expedient to make provision with respect to the constitution of a drainage board for each Geo. 5. c. xxii. |