Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 713
The Cambridge Water Company (Constitution and Regulation) Order 1996
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1996 No. 713
WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Cambridge Water Company (Constitution and Regulation) Order 1996
| Laid before Parliament | 11th March 1996 |
| Coming into force | 1st April 1996 |
Whereas provision is made for the constitution and regulation of the Cambridge Water Company ("the Company") in local statutory provisions ("the relevant provisions");And whereas the Company is a statutory water company which holds an appointment as a water undertaker under Chapter I of Part II of the Water Industry Act 1991[1] :And whereas the relevant provisions would, if the Company became a registered water company[2], have effect in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 21 to the Companies Act 1985[3] :And whereas the Company has by a special resolution passed on 15th February 1996 ("the special resolution") proposed that provision contained in a memorandum and articles which are described in Schedule 1 to this Order, and copies of which have been certified as such by the Secretary of State, shall have effect in substitution for the relevant provisions ("the proposal"):And whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that the requirements set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 12(2) of the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991[4] ("the Act") are satisfied as respects the proposal:And whereas it appears to the Secretary of State appropriate in consequence of his approval of the proposal by this Order that the local statutory provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Order be repealed:Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 12(1) and 14 of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Cambridge Water Company (Constitution and Regulation) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
(2) In this Order—"the 1845 Act" means the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845[5];
"the 1863 Act" means the Companies Clauses Act 1863[6];
"the Company" means the Cambridge Water Company; and
"the relevant provisions" means the local statutory provisions referred to in the special resolution of the Company passed on 15th February 1996.
Approval of proposal contained in the special resolution
2. The proposal contained in the special resolution of the Company passed on 15th February 1996 is hereby approved.
Date on which memorandum and articles come into force etc.
3. The date specified for the purposes of section 12(1) of the Act as the date on which the memorandum and articles described in Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force and the relevant provisions shall cease to have effect is 1st April 1996.
Consequential provision
4. The local statutory provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are repealed to the extent indicated in that Schedule.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Ferrers
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment
10th March 1996
Notes:[1] 1991 c. 56.
[2] See section 15(2) of the Statutory Water Companies Act 1991.
[3] 1985 c. 6.
[4] 1991 c. 58.
[5] 1845 c. 16.
[6] 1863 c. 118, amended by the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1869 (c. 48).
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