The Regional Flood Defence Committees (Welsh Area) (Appointed Day) Order 1990

Made: 27th March 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 137(4) and (11)(a) of the Water Act 1989[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Regional Flood Defence Committees (Welsh Area) (Appointed Day) Order 1990.

2

31st March 1990 is appointed as the day ending the period beginning with the transfer date for the purpose of section 137(4) of the Water Act 1989 (establishment of regional flood defence committees) in relation to the Welsh regional flood defence committee.

Signed

Peter Walker — Secretary of State for Wales — 27th March 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 137 of the Water Act 1989 contains provisions for the establishment, as from 1st September 1989 (“the transfer date”), of regional flood defence committees in place of regional land drainage committees. Subsection (4) of section 137 of that Act provides for the membership of a regional flood defence committee during a period beginning with the transfer date and ending with a day appointed by, in the case of a regional flood defence committee for an area the greater part of which is in Wales, the Secretary of State.

The Order appoints 31st March 1990 in relation to the Welsh regional flood defence committee.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c. 15