Article 2 Abolition of regional flood defence committee and revocation of local flood defence scheme

England, Wales and Scotland

The Anglian Regional Flood Defence Committee, being a regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995^f1, is abolished and the Scheme is revoked.

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f1: The area of the Anglian Regional Flood Defence Committee is that provided for in the Anglian Water Authority Constitution Order 1973 (S.I. 1973/1359), subject to the alteration of boundaries made by the Anglian and Thames Water Authorities (Alteration of Boundaries) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/307) and the National Rivers Authority (Severn-Trent and Anglian Regional Flood Defence Committees Areas) (Boundaries) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/245). Section 2 of the Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70) provided for a regional land drainage committee for the area of every water authority. The continuance of a regional committee for this area is provided for by section 137 of the Water Act 1989 (c. 15), section 9 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) (which provided for a regional flood defence committee for each area for which there was previously a regional land drainage committee) and section 14 of the Environment Act 1995.