# The Yorkshire Water Services Limited (River Ouse, Moor Monkton) Drought Order 2022, Introduction: Introductory text


Water Resources, England
Made 25th October 2022
Coming into force 26th October 2022
Yorkshire Water Services Limited (“the Company”) has made an application for an ordinary drought order under section 73(3)(b) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (“the Act”).
The Secretary of State is satisfied that proper notices of the application have been published and served by the Company in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Act and no objections to the application have been made.
The Secretary of State is satisfied that, by reason of an exceptional shortage of rain, a serious deficiency of supplies of water is threatened in the Company’s area of supply.
It appears to the Secretary of State expedient to make the provisions in this Order with a view to meeting this deficiency.
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 73(1) and 74(2)(f) and (5) of, and paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 8 to, the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1089/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/yorkshire-water-services-limited-river-ouse-moor-monkton-drought-order-2022/introduction
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