Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 1361

The Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1997 No. 1361

LAND DRAINAGE

The Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997

	Made	28th May 1997
	Coming into force	1st June 1997

Whereas the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food considers -

    Now, therefore, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him[2] by section 16(5) and (8) of the Environment Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:

Title, commencement and interpretation
    1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st June 1997.

    (2) In this Order "the committee" means the Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee, being the regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 for which the councils for the counties and metropolitan districts specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils.

Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council
    2. - (1) The number of members to be appointed to the committee by the council or councils for any county[3] or metropolitan district specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order shall be the number specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Schedule.

    (2) Where more than one county or metropolitan district is specified in any entry in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, any appointment made to the committee by the councils for those counties or metropolitan districts shall be made jointly.

Revocation
    3.The Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1996[4] is revoked.

Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

28th May 1997

SCHEDULEArticle 2

NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED BY EACH CONSTITUENT COUNCIL OR GROUP OF COUNCILS

(1)	(2)
Counties and metropolitan districts	Number of Members[5]
Birmingham	One
Bristol	None
Clwyd	None
Coventry, Solihull	One jointly
Doncaster, North Lincolnshire, Rotherham	One jointly
Derby, Derbyshire	One jointly
Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton	One jointly
East Riding of Yorkshire	None
Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire	One jointly
Hereford and Worcestershire, Warwickshire	One jointly
Leicester, Leicestershire	One jointly
Lincolnshire	None
Northamptonshire	None
Nottinghamshire	One
Oxfordshire	None
Powys, Shropshire	One jointly
Rutland	None
Sheffield	None
Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent	One

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the number of members of the regional flood defence committee known as the Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee who are to be appointed by each constituent council or group of councils. The order takes account of changes in local government responsibilities which took effect on 1st April 1997. Regional flood defence committees of the Environment Agency were established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995. The previous order is revoked.

Notes:

[1] 1995 c. 25.back

[2] Section 15(7) defines "the relevant Minister" and section 56(1) defines "the Minister".back

[3] In accordance with regulation 5(6) of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/867), references to a county council include a district council to which county functions have been transferred pursuant to a structural change.back

[4] S.I. 1996/1616.back

[5] In accordance with section 16(7) of the Environment Act 1995, this order has been so framed that the total number of members appointed under section 15(1)(a) and (b) of the Act is one less than the number of those appointed by or on behalf of constituent councils.back

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