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47 Power to grant exemptions from rating.
(1) The drainage board for an internal drainage district, after consultation with the appropriate supervisory body, may by order determine that no rates shall be levied by them on the occupiers of hereditaments in any portion of the district which, in their opinion, ought (either by reason of its height above sea level or for any other reason) to be exempted wholly from rating.
(2) Subsections (5) to (7) of section 38 above shall apply in relation to orders made under this section as they apply in relation to orders made under that section.
(3) Where the occupier of any hereditament in an internal drainage district requests the drainage board for the district to make or amend an order under this section so as to exempt from drainage rates the portion of the district in which the hereditament is situated, the board—
(a) shall consider the request; and
(b) if so directed under this section, shall comply with it.
(4) Where a request under subsection (3) above is refused by the drainage board for an internal drainage district, the person making it may appeal—
(a) to the appropriate supervisory body; or
(b) if the board is the appropriate supervisory body, to the relevant Minister;
and the appropriate supervisory body or, as the case may be, the relevant Minister may direct the board to make or amend the order as requested.
(5) Where a request under subsection (3) above is neither refused nor complied with within three months after it is made, it shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (4) above as having been refused.
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47 Power to grant exemptions from rating.
(1) The drainage board for an internal drainage district, after consultation with the appropriate supervisory body, may by order determine that no rates shall be levied by them on the occupiers of hereditaments in any portion of the district which, in their opinion, ought (either by reason of its height above sea level or for any other reason) to be exempted wholly from rating.
(2) Subsections (5) to (7) of section 38 above shall apply in relation to orders made under this section as they apply in relation to orders made under that section.
(3) Where the occupier of any hereditament in an internal drainage district requests the drainage board for the district to make or amend an order under this section so as to exempt from drainage rates the portion of the district in which the hereditament is situated, the board—
(a) shall consider the request; and
(b) if so directed under this section, shall comply with it.
(4) Where a request under subsection (3) above is refused by the drainage board for an internal drainage district, the person making it may appeal—
(a) to the appropriate supervisory body; or
(b) if the board is the appropriate supervisory body, to the relevant Minister;
and the appropriate supervisory body or, as the case may be, the relevant Minister may direct the board to make or amend the order as requested.
(5) Where a request under subsection (3) above is neither refused nor complied with within three months after it is made, it shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (4) above as having been refused.
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