Explanatory note

Section 137 of the Water Act 1989 contains provisions for the establishment, as from the 1st September 1989 (“the transfer date”), of regional defence flood 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 with the transfer date and ending with a date appointed by, in the case of a regional flood defence committee in England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

The Order appoints the 11th September 1990 in relation to the Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee.