Land Drainage Act
United Kingdom legislation
Land Drainage Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in New Zealand and the United Kingdom for legislation relating to land drainage. Such legislation forms part of land drainage law.
List
Canada
Manitoba
The Land Drainage Act 1895 (58 & 59 Vict c 11)
The Land Drainage Act 1898 (61 Vict c 16)
The Land Drainage Act (RSM 1913 c 56)
Ontario
The Municipal Drainage Act (RSO 1897 c 226)
New Zealand
The Drainage Act 1881 (45 Vict No 27)
The Drainage of Mines Act 1884 (48 Vict No 35)
The Land Drainage Act 1893
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1894
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1898 (62 Vict No 30)
The Land Drainage Act 1904 (4 Edw 7 No 13)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1908 (8 Edw 7 No 249)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1913 (4 Geo 5 No 31)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1920 (11 Geo 5 No 56)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1922 (13 Geo 5 No 5)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1923 (13 Geo 5 No 42)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1952 (No 47)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1956 (No 7)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1958 (No 73)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1964 (No 95)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1965 (No 90)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1967 (No 87)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1968 (No 88)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1971 (No 106)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1972 (No 74)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1974 (No 93)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1975 (No 83)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1976 (No 97)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1978 (No 102)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1980 (No 118)
The Land Drainage Amendment Act 1988 (No 69)
United Kingdom
(The Land Drainage Supplemental Acts are listed separately).
The Land Drainage Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 56)
The Land Drainage Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 38)
The Land Drainage Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 133)
The Land Drainage Act 1914 (5 & 6 Geo.
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