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England and Wales

Land Drainage, England And Wales

Made 26th November 2014

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

Under section 3(1)(a) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”)^f1, the Natural Resources Body for Wales (“NRW”) and the Environment Agency (“the Agency”) have prepared a Scheme making provision for matters specified in section 3(2)(a) and (i) of that Act.

In accordance with section 3(1) of that Act, NRW and the Agency have submitted the Scheme to the Welsh Ministers and the Secretary of State for confirmation.

The Welsh Ministers and the Secretary of State have published a notice of intent to make the following Order confirming the Scheme in accordance with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to that Act. The Welsh Ministers and Secretary of State have sent this notice to the relevant local authorities and other bodies specified in paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule.

No objection has been made to the draft Order.

Accordingly, the Welsh Ministers acting jointly with Secretary of State in Wales make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(5) of the 1991 Act and now vested in them^f2.

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Footnotes

f1

1991 c.59. 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). References to the Environment Agency were replaced with references to “the appropriate supervisory body” by paragraph 317 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013/755. The “appropriate supervisory body” is defined in section 72(1) of 1991 c.59 as the Environment Agency in relation to internal drainage districts which are wholly or mainly in England, and the Natural Resource Body for Wales in relation to internal drainage districts which are wholly or mainly in Wales.

f2

In relation to the Welsh Ministers, by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) which transferred the functions to the National Assembly for Wales, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) which subsequently transferred the functions to the Welsh Ministers.

In relation to the Secretary of State, by virtue of article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).