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The Northumbria Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1996

S.I. 1996/1617 · Made 18 June 1996

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LAND DRAINAGE

Made 18th June 1996

Coming into force 24th June 1996

Whereas the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food considers—

(a)

it is necessary or expedient to make an order under section 16(5) of the Environment Act 1995f1in relation to the regional flood defence committee specified in Article 1 of this Order;

(b)

it is inappropriate that any council in relation to which an entry “none” appears in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order should appoint a member of the committee; and

(c)

that one member of the committee should be appointed jointly by those councils in relation to which an entry “one jointly” appears in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order.

Now, therefore, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on himf2 by section 16(5) and (8) of the Environment Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 25.

f2

Section 15(7) defines “the relevant Minister” and section 56(1) defines “the Minister”.

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council
  3. 3Revocations
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED BY EACH CONSTITUENT COUNCIL OR GROUP OF COUNCILS
  6. Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Northumbria Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th June 1996.

(2)

In this Order “the committee” means the Northumbria Regional Flood Defence Committee, being the regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 for which the councils specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils.

2Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council

(1)

The number of members to be appointed to the committee by the council or councils of any countyf1 or metropolitan district specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall be the number specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Schedule.

(2)

Where more than one council is specified in any entry in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order, any appointment made to the committee by those councils shall be made jointly.

3Revocations

The Northumbrian Water Authority (Regional Land Drainage Committee) Order 1973f1 and the Northumbrian Water Authority (Regional Land Drainage Committee) Order 1986f2 are revoked.

Signature

Tim Boswell

Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

18th June 1996

NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED BY EACH CONSTITUENT COUNCIL OR GROUP OF COUNCILS

(1)(2)
Constituent CouncilsNumber of Membersf1
CumbriaNone
DurhamTwo
GatesheadOne
Hartlepool, Redcar and ClevelandOne jointly
Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-TeesOne jointly
Newcastle upon TyneOne
North Tyneside, South TynesideOne jointly
North YorkshireNone
NorthumberlandOne
SunderlandOne

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the number of members of the regional flood defence committee known as the Northumbria Regional Flood Defence Committee who are to be appointed by each constituent council. The order takes account of changes in local government responsibilities which took effect on 1st April 1996. 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 orders for the former committee are revoked.