RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS FOR THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX...

The Land Drainage Act, 1930, provided that Commissions of Sewers were to be treated, for the purposes of the Act, as if they had been constituted under the Act as a drainage board for the areas under their jurisdiction, and were to continue in force until abolished by an order under s. 4(1)(b) of the Act [20 and 21 George V, c. 44, ss. 1(4) and 83(2)]; meanwhile, they were exercise their existing powers and also any additional powers provided by the Act [20 and 21 George V, c. 44, s. 83(3)]. On 29 October 1930 the Commissioners resolved that 'the name of the Commission should hereafter be "The Western Sussex Drainage Authority"'

The rights and obligations of the Commissioners over the 'main river' lying within their jurisdiction were transferred to the South Sussex Rivers Catchment Board on 8 November 1938 by the South West Sussex Rivers Catchment Board Transfer Order, 1938 [Statutory Rules and Orders, 1938, No. 1394, made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under s. 4(1)(a) of the Land Drainage Act, 1930 (20 and 21 George V, c.44)]; and the Commission was finally abolished on 1 August 1948 by the South West Sussex Rivers Catchment Board (South West Sussex Internal Drainage District) Order, 1948 [Statutory Instruments, 1948, No. 1817, made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under s. 4(1)(b) of the Land Drainage Act, 1930 (20 and 21 George V, c.44)]