{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/yorkshire-regional-flood-defence-committee-order-2005/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/yorkshire-regional-flood-defence-committee-order-2005/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1607",
  "legislation_title": "The Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/yorkshire-regional-flood-defence-committee-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND\nMade 12th June 2005\nComing into force 1st July 2005\nWhereas—\n(1) the Environment Agency has made a determination in accordance with section 16(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (“the Act”), varying the total number of members of the regional flood defence committee specified in article 1 of this Order;\n(2) the constituent councils for the committee are the councils specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order; and\n(3) the Secretary of State considers—\n(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\n(b) that one member of the 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:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 16(5)(a) and (8) of the Act hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Sections 15(7) and 16(9) defines “the relevant Minister” and section 56(1) defines “the Minister”. By virtue of article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (SI 2002/794), the power conferred by section 16(5) is now exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to any regional flood defence committee the whole or the greater part of which is in England."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1607/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}