The Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities (Internal Drainage Boards and Local Authorities) Approval Order 1996

S.I. 1996/3062 · Made 5 December 1996 · Extends to England and Wales

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Provision	Change	Made by
Order	revoked	Environment and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) 2018 art. 5

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

LAND DRAINAGE

Made 5th December 1996

Laid before Parliament 5th December 1996

Coming into force 1st January 1997

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales, (“the Ministers”), in exercise of the powers conferred on them^f1 by section 61E(1) and 72(1) of the Land Drainage Act 1991^f2 and after consulting in accordance with section 61E(4) of that Act hereby jointly make the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1: Section 72(1) defines “the Minister” and “the Ministers”.
f2: 1991 c. 59: sections 61A to 61E were inserted by the Land Drainage Act 1994 (c. 25).

1Title and commencement
2Approval of Code of Practice
Signature
Explanatory note

1Title and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities (Internal Drainage Boards and Local Authorities) Approval Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.

2Approval of Code of PracticeI1

The Ministers approve the code of practice issued by them entitled “Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities”^f1 for the purpose of —

(a)

giving practical guidance—

(i)

to internal drainage boards with respect to the matters for the purposes of which sections 61A and 61C of the Land Drainage Act 1991 have effect, and

(ii)

to local authorities with respect to the matters for the purposes of which sections 61B and 61C of the Land Drainage Act 1991 have effect; and

(b)

promoting what appear to the Ministers to be desirable practices by internal drainage boards or, as the case may be, local authorities, with respect to those matters.

Signature

Tim Boswell

Parliamentary SecretaryMinistry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

4th December 1996

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jonathan Evans

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Welsh Office

5th December 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

By this order, the Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food approve, in accordance with section 61E of the Land Drainage Act 1991, the “Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities” issued by them.

Copies of the code of practice can be obtained, free of charge, quoting reference PB 2906 from MAFF Publications, London SE99 7TP or from the Welsh Office, Cathays Park, CF1 3NQ.