Drainage and Improvement of Lands Supplemental Act (Ireland) (No. 2), 1867

Nothing contained in recited Act to render legal Works executed by Board in juriously affecting Land.

2. It is hereby declared, That as against any Person owning or interested, in any Land or other Property situate beyond the Limits of the Jurisdiction of the Board established by this Act, nothing contained in the said Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act (Ireland), 1863, or in the said Provisional Orders, or in this Act, shall be construed to render legal any Work executed or to be executed by such Board that would if said Acts had not been passed have been illegal, by reason of its injuriously affecting such Land or Property; and any Damages adjudged to be paid by the said Board to any Person as aforesaid shall be deemed to be Part of the Costs incurred by such Board in defending legal Proceedings instituted against them, and shall be defrayed in manner in which the said Costs are authorized to be defrayed by “The Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act (Ireland), 1863.”