Explanatory note

This Order confirms (with modifications) a Scheme submitted by the Environment Agency entitled the “2009 Scheme for the Amalgamation of the Drysides and Whittlesey Internal Drainage Districts submitted by the Environment Agency”, dated 1st February 2010.

The scheme abolishes the Drysides Internal Drainage Board and the Whittlesey Internal Drainage Board and amalgamates the Drysides Internal Drainage District and the Whittlesey Internal Drainage District into one internal drainage district to be known as the Whittlesey and District Internal Drainage District.

A new internal drainage board to be known as “the Whittlesey and District Internal Drainage Board” is constituted for the Whittlesey and District Internal Drainage District.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.