The Drainage Trusts (Dissolution) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made: 26th June 2006

Coming into operation: 31st July 2006

Accordingly the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Drainage Trusts (Dissolution) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 31st July 2006.

Interpretation

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In this Order—

• “the 1973 Order” means the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973; and

• “the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Dissolution of drainage trusts

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• (1) The trusts listed in the Schedule are hereby dissolved.

• (2) Any property, forming part of any of the trusts, may be disposed of at such time and in such manner as the Department may determine and any funds shall be put to the Consolidated Fund as appropriations in aid.

• (3) All rights, duties, obligations and liabilities arising under the trusts are hereby extinguished.

SCHEDULE — DRAINAGE TRUSTS DISSOLVED

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 26th June 2006.

J R Hagan — A senior officer of the — Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves the drainage trusts listed in the Schedule and extinguishes all rights, duties, obligations and liabilities arising under the trusts. The Order also provides for the Department to dispose of any property forming part of the trusts and to put the funds to the Consolidated Fund as appropriations in aid.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly the Ministry of Agriculture: See Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 c. 36. The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1973/69 (N.I. 1), as amended by S.I. 2005/1453 (N.I. 8).