Section 113(1)

In this Part— “banks” means banks, walls or embankments adjoining or confining, or constructed for the purposes of or in connection with, any channel or sea front, and includes all land and water between the bank and low-watermark; “drainage” includes— “flood defence” means the drainage of land and the provision of flood warning systems; “main river” (subject to section 137(4) below) means a watercourse shown as such on the main river map for England or the main river map for Wales and includes any structure or appliance for controlling or regulating the flow of water into, in or out of the channel which— defence against water, including sea water; irrigation other than spray irrigation; . . . warping; and the carrying on, for any purpose, of any other practice which involves management of the level of water in a watercourse; is a structure or appliance situated in the channel or in any part of the banks of the channel; and is not a structure or appliance vested in or controlled by an internal drainage board; “watercourse” shall be construed as if for the words from “except" onwards in the definition in section 221(1) below there were substituted the words “except a public sewer".

← 113 · All articles · 2 →

Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30