# The Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2004, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S

LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND
Made 30th November 2004
Laid before Parliament 3rd December 2004
Coming into force 1st April 2005
Whereas the Secretary of State, having resolved to exercise the powers conferred upon her by section 18A(1),(2) and (3) of the Environment Act 1995 (“the Act”) for the purpose of —
(1) revoking the Scheme defined in article 1(2) of this Order;
(2) altering the total number of members of the committee defined in that article; and
(3) altering the number of members of the committee to be appointed by the constituent councils of that committee;
considers—
(a) it is inappropriate that the council of any county in relation to which an entry “none” appears in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order should appoint a member of the committee; and
(b) that one member of that committee should be appointed jointly by the councils for any county or metropolitan district in relation to which an entry “one jointly” appears in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order;
Now therefore the Secretary of State, having, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act, consulted such persons or representative bodies as she considered it appropriate to consult, published a notice in compliance with that paragraph and served copies of the notice and a draft of this Order upon every person carrying out functions under any enactment who appeared to her to be concerned, and, in accordance with paragraph 3 of that Schedule, considered any representations or objections duly made with respect to the draft order and not withdrawn, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 16(8) and 18A of, and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 4 to, the Environment Act 1995, hereby makes the following Order:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3165/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/southern-regional-flood-defence-committee-order-2004/introduction
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