{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-suffolk-internal-drainage-board-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/750",
  "legislation_title": "The East Suffolk Internal Drainage Board Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-suffolk-internal-drainage-board-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Land Drainage, England\nMade 10th January 2008\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nUnder section 3(1)(a) of the Land Drainage Act 1991, the Environment Agency has prepared a Scheme, a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1, making provision for—\n(a) the abolition of the Alderton, Hollesley and Bawdsey Drainage Board, the River Deben Internal Drainage Board, the River Gipping Internal Drainage Board and the Lower Alde Internal Drainage Board;\n(b) the amalgamation of their respective drainage districts with the River Blyth Internal Drainage District, the Fromus, Alde and Thorpeness Internal Drainage District, the Minsmere Internal Drainage District and the Upper Alde Internal Drainage District, being drainage districts administered by the Environment Agency; and\n(c) the constitution of a new internal drainage board.\nIn accordance with section 3(1) of that Act, the Environment Agency has submitted the Scheme to the Secretary of State for confirmation.\nThe Secretary of State has published a notice of his intention to make the following Order confirming the Scheme in accordance with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to that Act. The Secretary of State has sent this notice to the relevant local authorities and other bodies specified in paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule.\nNo objection has been made to the draft Order.\nAccordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(5) and (7) of that Act and now vested in him:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c.59; “the relevant Minister” is defined in section 72(1). References to the National River Authority were replaced with references to the Environment Agency by paragraph 191 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c.25)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "By virtue of article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/750/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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