Drainage (Ireland) Act 1846

Errors, Omissions, Mis-statements, or Misnomers in Proceedings or Documents previous to and inclusive of the Publication of the final Notice, shall not invalidate Proceedings under this Act or the recited Acts.

XVIII. And be it enacted, That no Error, Misdescription, Misnomer, Mis-statement, or Omission in any of the Schedules, Maps, Plans, Sections, Estimates, Declarations or Memorandum of Declaration, or Notices, by the said recited Acts or this Act required to be prepared, lodged, registered, or given by the said Commissioners, shall invalidate the same, or any of them, or any of the Proceedings under the said recited Acts or this Act; and from and after the Publication of the final Notice in and by the said first-recited Act or this Act directed to be given previously to the Commencement of any Works by the said Commissioners, no Error or Omission whatever in any of the Proceedings preliminary to the issuing of such final Notice shall be deemed to affect or invalidate any such Proceedings, or the Powers and Authorities of the said Commissioners, or prevent them from proceeding with the Execution of the Works in their Opinion necessary, and for that Purpose effecting any Purchases, and doing all Matters and Things requisite for carrying fully into effect any such Works, or the Provisions of said recited Acts or this Act in relation thereto, nor to affect or invalidate any Award to be made by the said Commissioners in respect of any of the Lands drained or improved or affected by such Works, nor the Extent of Land or other Property to become liable for the Repayment of the Cost of the Works, and all Expences incidental thereto, nor any other Matter or Thing done or omitted to be done by the said Commissioners previously or subsequently to the publishing of such final Notice; and the Assent which shall have been received by the said Commissioners from any Proprietor of the Lands to be drained or improved shall be conclusive and binding upon such Proprietor of and all Persons interested in the Lands of such proprietor respect of which such Assent may have been given, and also upon and against the same Lands respectively; and it shall not be lawful for any Person whatever in any Manner to question or appeal against or in respect of any thing whatsoever done or omitted to be done by the said Commissioners under the Provisions of the said recited Acts or this Act (save only by such Petition to the Court of Chancery or Exchequer as by the said first-recited. Act is allowed in case of Appeals respecting Mills or Factories only), nor shall any Proceedings to be had or taken by or on behalf of the said Commissioners for the Purpose of the said recited Acts or this Act be removed or removable by Certiorari into any of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record.