{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/amalgamation-of-the-lower-alde-and-middle-alde-internal-drainage-districts-order-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1463",
  "legislation_title": "The Amalgamation of the Lower Alde and Middle Alde Internal Drainage Districts Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/amalgamation-of-the-lower-alde-and-middle-alde-internal-drainage-districts-order-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LAND DRAINAGE\nMade 2nd March 2000\nComing into force 24th May 2000\nWhereas the Environment Agency has prepared and submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (hereinafter called “the Minister”) under section 3(1) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (hereinafter called “the 1991 Act”) a Scheme (hereinafter called “the Scheme”) in relation to the Lower Alde Internal Drainage District, the Middle Alde Internal Drainage District and the Internal Drainage Boards for these Districts, a copy of which is set out in the Schedule hereto;\nAnd whereas the Minister has caused a notice of his intention to make the following Order confirming the Scheme and the places where copies of the draft Order may be inspected and obtained to be published, and to be sent to local authorities and other bodies, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act;\nAnd whereas no objection has been made to the draft Order;\nNow, therefore, the Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 3(5) and (7) of the 1991 Act and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 59, “the relevant Minister” is defined in section 72(1). References to the National Rivers Authority were replaced with references to the Environment Agency by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 22, paragraph 191."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1463/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:19.290032+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}