Article 3 The total number of members of the regional flood defence committee

England, Wales and Scotland

The total number of members of the committee shall be increased from seventeen to nineteen^f1.

Annotations

f1: Section 15(1) of the Environment Act 1995 provides that that each regional flood defence committee shall consist of a chairman and a number of other members appointed by the relevant Minister; two members appointed by the Agency; and a number of members appointed by or on behalf of the constituent councils. Section 16(7) of that Act requires that the total number of members appointed by or on behalf of constituent councils exceeds by one the number of other members.