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England and Wales

LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND

Made 18th January 2006

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

Under section 3(1)(a) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”)^f1, the Environment Agency has prepared a Scheme, a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1, making provision for the alteration of the boundaries of the Witham Third District Internal Drainage District.

In accordance with section 3(1) of the 1991 Act, the Environment Agency has submitted the Scheme to the Secretary of State for confirmation.

The Secretary of State has published a notice of her intention to make the following Order confirming the Scheme in accordance with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act, and has sent notice of that intention to the relevant local authorities and other bodies specified in paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule.

No objection has been made to the draft Order.

The Secretary of State accordingly makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(5) and (7) of, and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 3 to, the 1991 Act and now vested in her^f2:

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Footnotes

f1: 1991 c. 59; “the relevant Minister” is defined in section 72(1). References to the National Rivers Authority (NRA) were replaced with references to the Environment Agency by paragraph 191 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).
f2: By virtue of article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).