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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-west-regional-flood-defence-committee-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1637",
  "legislation_title": "The North West Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-west-regional-flood-defence-committee-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LAND DRAINAGE\nMade 7th July 1998\nComing into force 8th July 1998\nWhereas the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food considers–\n(a) it is necessary or expedient to make an order under section 16(5) of the Environment Act 1995 in relation to the Regional Flood Defence Committee specified in Article 1 of this Order;\n(b) it is inappropriate that the council for any county in relation to which an entry “none” appears in column (2) in the Schedule to this Order should appoint a member of the committee; and\n(c) that members of the committee should be appointed jointly by the councils for any county or metropolitan district in relation to which the word “jointly” appears in the entry in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order.\nNow, therefore, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the section 16(5) and (7) of the Environment Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 15(7) defines “the relevant Minister” and section 56(1) defines “the Minister”."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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