Explanatory note

Section 137 of the Water Act 1989 contains provisions for the establishment, as from 1st September 1989 (“the transfer date”), of regional flood defence committees in place of regional land drainage committees. Subsection (4) of that section makes provision for the membership of a regional flood defence committee during a period beginning withthe transfer date and ending witha date appointed by, in the case of a regional flood defence committee in England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

The Order appoints 30th June 1990 in relation to the Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee.