Article 2 Approval of Code of PracticeI1

England and Wales

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.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 2 in force at 1.1.1997, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1: Published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with reference PB 2906.