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England and Wales

Land Drainage, England

Made 16th November 2010

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

Under section 3(1)(a) of the Land Drainage Act 1991(“the Act”)^f1, the Environment Agency has prepared a Scheme, entitled the “2009 Scheme for the Amalgamation of the Drysides and Whittlesey Internal Drainage Districts submitted by the Environment Agency”, dated 1st February 2010^f2. This scheme makes provision for the amalgamation of the Drysides Internal Drainage Board and the Whittlesey Internal Drainage Board and the Internal Drainage Districts under the jurisdiction of those internal drainage boards.

In accordance with section 3(1) of the Act, the Environment Agency has submitted the Scheme to the Secretary of State for confirmation.

The Secretary of State has published a notice of intent to make the following Order confirming the Scheme (with such modifications as appear to the Secretary of State to be desirable) in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Act. No objection has been made to the draft Order.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in whom the powers conferred by sections 3(5) and (7) and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 3 of the Act are now vested^f3, makes the following Order in exercise of those powers:

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Footnotes

f1: 1991 c. 59
f2: Powers to prepare and submit a scheme for the reorganisation of internal drainage districts to the relevant minister were originally exercisable by the National Rivers Authority. These powers were transferred to the Environment Agency by paragraph 191 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).
f3: The “relevant Minister” is defined in section 72(1) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 as the “Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food”, whose functions were transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment by virtue of of article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).