# The Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2004, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W+S

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order revokes the Southern Local Flood Defence Scheme 1974 (“the Scheme”).
The Scheme (as amended) established the following Local Flood Defence Districts (“the Districts”) within the area of the regional flood defence committee known as the Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee (“the Regional Committee”):
(a) the Kent Local Flood Defence District
(b) the Sussex Local Flood Defence District
(c) the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Flood Defence District.
Paragraph 3 of the Scheme determines the area of each of these districts. Paragraphs 4 to 7 of the Scheme provide respectively for the constitution, membership, functions and procedure of a local flood defence committee in each such district.
The powers of the Regional Committee are unaffected by the revocation of the Scheme.
Article 3 of the Order also makes consequential changes to the total number of members of the Regional Committee. Article 4 makes provision for the number of these members to be appointed by each constituent council or group of councils.
Regional flood defence committees were established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995.
The previous Order (S.I. 1998/1639) specifying the number of members to be appointed by each constituent council or group of councils is revoked.
No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of this Order.

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