The Statute of Sewers (23 Hen 8 c. 5) was a 1531 law enacted by the

English Reformation Parliament The English Reformation Parliament, which sat from 3 November 1529 to 14 April 1536, was the English Parliament that passed the major pieces of legislation leading to the Break with Rome and establishment of the Church of England. In Scotland ...

of King Henry VIII. It sought to make the powers of various commissions of sewers permanent, whereas previously, each parliament had to renew their powers. It is noted as one of the earliest occurrences in English legal history of a Henry VIII power. The statute gave the commissions of sewers legislative powers, the power to impose taxation upon landowners, and the power to impose penalties for the non-payment of those taxes.

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Acts of the Parliament of England (1485–1603) 1531 in law 1531 in England {{England-statute-stub