{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/north-west-regional-flood-defence-committee-order-1998/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order specifies the number of members of the regional flood defence committee known as the North West Regional Flood Defence Committee which are to be appointed by each constituent council or group of councils. The order takes account of changes in local government responsibilities. Regional flood defence committees of the Environment Agency were established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995, replacing committees of the National Rivers Authority. The corresponding order for the former committee is revoked.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1637/note",
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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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