Paragraph 2

In this Scheme—

• “the abolished boards” means the internal drainage boards^f1 known as the Needham, Burial and Birdbeck District Commissioners and the Ladus District Commissioners;

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

• “the Ladus District Commissioners” means the drainage commissioners appointed under an Act for Draining and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in Ladus Fen, in the Isle of Ely dated 1771^f2 and “the Ladus District” means the internal drainage district identified as the “Fen lands and Low Grounds” in that Act;

• “the Needham, Burial and Birdbeck District Commissioners” means the drainage commissioners constituted under section 65 of the Middle Level Act 1867^f3, and the “Needham, Burial and Birdbeck District” means the internal drainage district constituted under section 64 of that Act.

• “the new Board” means the internal drainage board constituted by virtue of paragraph 3(3) 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, obligations and liabilities which are vested in or which fall to be discharged by that abolished board immediately before the commencement date.