# Water Act 1989, Paragraph 3


For subsection (6) of section 5 of the 1976 Act (appointment of members and proceedings of local land drainage committees) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(6) In appointing a person to be a member of a local flood defence committee, the regional flood defence committee shall have regard to the desirability of appointing a person who has experience of, and has shown capacity in, some matter relevant to the functions of the committee to which he is appointed.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/15/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-1989/schedule-15/paragraph-3
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