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Explanatory note

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This Order confirms (with modifications) a Scheme submitted by the Environment Agency for the abolition, on a day appointed by the Secretary of State, of the Houghton and Wyton Internal Drainage District constituted by the River Ouse Catchment Board (Houghton and Wyton Internal Drainage District) Order 1941(SR & O 1941 No.1384) (“the 1941 Order”) and the drainage board thereof. With effect from the date on which it comes into force, the Scheme transfers all rights, property and obligations of the Houghton and Wyton Internal Drainage Board to the Environment Agency. This Order also revokes the 1941 Order.