Paragraph 2

In this Scheme:-

• “the abolished boards” means the internal drainage boards^f1 known as the March and Whittlesey Internal Drainage Board and the White Fen District Commissioners;

• “the abolished districts” means the internal drainage districts^f2 known as the March and Whittlesey Internal Drainage District and the White Fen District;

• “the commencement date” means the date on which this Scheme comes into force;

• “the Map” means the map dated 7th August 2014 entitled “The March West and White Fen Internal Drainage District” and sealed by the Environment Agency;

• “the March and Whittlesey Internal Drainage Board” means the internal drainage board constituted under The River Great Ouse Catchment Board (March and Whittlesey Internal Drainage District) Order 1937^f3 and “the March and Whittlesey Internal Drainage District” means the internal drainage district constituted by that Scheme, as confirmed;

• “the new Board” means the internal drainage board constituted by virtue of paragraph 6 of this Scheme;

• “property” means, in relation to any of the abolished boards, any property which is vested in that board immediately before the commencement date and includes books of account, other books, deeds, maps, papers and other documents, in whatever medium held, and computer and other electronic records;

• “rights and obligations” means, in relation to any of the abolished boards, all rights, powers, duties (including statutory powers and duties), obligations and liabilities which are vested in or which fall to be discharged by that board immediately before the commencement date;

• “the White Fen District Commissioners” means the commissioners appointed under an Act for the more effectual Draining and Preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Hamlet of Benwick in the Parish of Doddington, Whittlesey, Ramsey and Farcet in the Isle of Ely and Counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon dated 1767^f4 and the “White Fen District” means the internal drainage district identified as the “Fen Lands and Low Grounds” in that Act;