Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order confirms a Scheme submitted by the Natural Resources Body for Wales making provision for—

(a)

the abolition of the Lower Wye Internal Drainage District and Board and the Caldicot and Wentlooge Internal Drainage District and Board;

(b)

the creation of a new Internal Drainage District for the land previously within the Lower Wye and the Caldicot and Wentlooge Internal Drainage Districts;

(c)

provision that the Natural Resources Body for Wales shall be the drainage board in respect of the new district; and

(d)

matters supplemental to or consequential on the alternation of boundaries.

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