This document establishes the legal framework and procedural requirements for the collection of levies by the National Rivers Authority as mandated by the Water Act 1989. The text serves as a formal statutory instrument issued by the British government to define the financial obligations of drainage authorities and the administrative mechanisms for levy assessment. It provides the regulatory basis for funding river management and flood defense operations during the specified fiscal period.

Legal professionals and government administrators utilize this text as a primary source for historical regulatory compliance and administrative law research. Readers frequently note the technical density of the prose, which is characteristic of formal statutory instruments.