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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regional-flood-and-coastal-committees-england-and-wales-regulations-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/695",
  "legislation_title": "The Regional Flood and Coastal Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 2011",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision for the procedure to be followed by the Environment Agency when dividing England and Wales into regions under section 22(1)(a) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29). They also make provision about appointment of members to Regional Flood and Coastal Committees and proceedings of those Committees.\nPart 2 relates to the division of England and Wales into regions, and the procedure for revising and renaming the regions.\nPart 3 provides for the composition of Regional Flood and Coastal Committees and the procedure for varying the composition of a Committee.\nPart 4 deals with the selection and appointment of members to Regional Flood and Coastal Committees including eligibility criteria, appointment of the chair by the Minister, appointment of members by constituent authorities and appointment of members by the Environment Agency.\nPart 5 sets out details about holding office as a member of a Regional Flood and Coastal Committee: terms and date of appointment, period of office, resignation or removal from office, appointment of acting chair or temporary chair, and nomination of deputies for members representing constituent authorities.\nPart 6 makes provision about proceedings of Regional Flood and Coastal Committees. These include provisions on quorum and consent, voting procedure, declarations of interest, authentication of documents and proof and validity of proceedings.\nPart 7 makes transitional provision with respect to the establishment of Regional Flood and Coastal Committees in place of regional flood defence committees. It makes specific provision for the inclusion of the Isles of Scilly in a region.\nAn impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the website of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at www.defra.gov.uk and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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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