Paragraph 20 Drought Orders (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1984

Rule 3 of the Drought Orders (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1984 M1 is amended as follows.

After the definition of “appointed person” insert—

““appropriate agency” means—

(a)

the Environment Agency, in relation to England;

(b)

the Natural Resources Body for Wales, in relation to Wales;”.

In the definition of “the authority”, for the words from “means” to “or” substitute “ means the appropriate agency or ”.