Introductory text

LAND DRAINAGE

Made 10th May 1993

Coming into force 1st June 1993

Whereas—

(1)

the National Rivers Authority (hereinafter referred to as “the Authority”) in accordance with section 11(2) of the Water Resources Act 1991^f1 (hereinafter referred to as “the 1991 Act”) have submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister”) a determination varying the total number of members of the South West Regional Flood Defence Committee (hereinafter referred to as “the committee”) from 13 to 17;

(2)

in accordance with section 11(6) of the 1991 Act the total number of members of the committee to be appointed under section 10(1)(a) and (b) of that Act shall be one less than the number appointed by or on behalf of constituent councils;

(3)

the constituent councils for the committee are the councils of the counties specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order;

(4)

the Minister, in accordance with section 11(7) of the 1991 Act, considers–

(a)

that it is inappropriate that the councils of the counties of Dorset and Somerset (being two of the said constituent councils) should appoint a member of the committee,

(b)

that three members of the committee should be appointed by the council of the county of Cornwall,

(c)

that six members of the committee should be appointed by the council of the county of Devon.

Now, therefore, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 11(5), (5A), (6) and (7) of the 1991 Act and of every other power enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1991 c. 57. The definition of “the relevant Minister” is contained in section 10(6) of the Act; see also section 11(8). Section 11 has been amended by paragraph 95 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government Act 1992.