LegalizeThe Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998
Made: 7th July 1998
Coming into force: 8th July 1998
Now, therefore, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on him2 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 1998 and shall come into force on 8th July 1998.
- (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 county3 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 19974 is revoked.
SCHEDULE — NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED BY EACH CONSTITUENT COUNCIL OR GROUP OF COUNCILS
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Counties and metropolitan districts | Number of Members5 |
| 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 |
| Herefordshire | None |
| Leicester, Leicestershire | One jointly |
| Lincolnshire | None |
| Northamptonshire | None |
| Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | One jointly |
| Oxfordshire | None |
| Powys, Shropshire, The Wrekin | One jointly |
| Rutland | None |
| Sheffield | None |
| Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent | One jointly |
| Warwickshire, Worcestershire | One jointly |
Signed
Elliot Morley — Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 7th July 1998
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 1998. Regional flood defence committees of the Environment Agency were established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995. The previous order is revoked.
Footnotes
Section 15(7) defines “the relevant Minister” and section 56(1) defines “the Minister”.
In accordance with regulation 5(6) of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/867, regulation 5(6) was substituted by S.I. 1996/611), in relation to an area for which there is a district council but no county council, any references to a county council or a county shall be construed as including a reference to a district council or, as the case may be, a district.
S.I. 1997/1361.
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.
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