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Assent of Proprietors valid without the Concurrence of Occupiers.
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II. ‘And whereas under the Provisions of the first-recited Act and the Acts amending same, it was enacted, amongst other things, that where any Portion of Land proposed to be drained or improved by Drainage should, at the Time appointed for the giving such Assent as therein mentioned by the Proprietors of the Land to the Execution of the proposed Works, be in the actual Occupation of any Person under any Grant, Lease, or Agreement in Writing for a Lease for a Life or Lives, or for a Term of Years, whereof more than Fourteen Years should be unexpired, the Consent in Writing of such Person should be necessary in order to give Validity to the Assent of the Proprietor in respect of the Lands comprised in such Grant, Lease, or Agreement: And whereas great Delay in consequence of such Provision has arisen in the Commencement of the Works under said Acts without any commensurate Advantage to the Parties interested, and in order to increase the Facilities for affording Employment it is expedient to amend the same;’ be it enacted, That notwithstanding any thing in the said recited Acts or any of them contained, no Consent of any Person in the actual Occupation of any Land under any Grant, Lease, or Agreement in Writing for a Lease for a Life or Lives or for a Term of Years whereof more than Fourteen Years shall be unexpired to the Execution of the proposed Works under the Provisions of the said recited Acts, or any of them, shall be necessary in order to give Validity to the Assent of the Proprietor in respect of the Lands comprised in such Grant, Lease, or Agreement.
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