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The South West Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1640 · Made 7 July 1998

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LAND DRAINAGE

Made 7th July 1998

Coming into force 8th July 1998

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 1995f1 in relation to the regional flood defence committee specified in Article 1 of this Order; and

(b)

it is inappropriate that the council of any county in relation to which an “none” appears in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order should appoint a member of the committee.

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) “the relevant Minister” and section 56(1) “the Minister”.

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council
  3. 3Revocation
  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 South West Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th July 1998.

(2)

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

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

The number of members to be appointed to the committee by the council of any countyf1 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.

3Revocation

The South West Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1993f1 is revoked.

Signature

Elliot Morley

Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

7th July 1998

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

(1)(2)
CountiesNumber of Membersf1
Cornwall3
Devon4
DorsetNone
PlymouthOne
SomersetNone
TorbayOne

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 South West 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 1998. 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.