The Severn-Trent Water Authority (Reconstitution of the Rivers Idle and Ryton Internal Drainage Board) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/1929
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Severn-Trent Water Authority (Reconstitution of the Rivers Idle and Ryton Internal Drainage Board) Order 1987 and shall, unless subject to special parliamentary procedure, come into operation on the date of its confirmation by the Minister.

Section 2

On a day to be appointed by the Minister (hereinafter called “the appointed day”) the following provisions shall have effect:

(i) the Internal Drainage Board for the Internal Drainage District shall be reconstituted and shall consist of nine members who, with the exception of the first members, shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1976 Act. The said first members of the Internal Drainage Board shall be persons appointed by the Minister and shall hold office until the expiration of one year from the first day of November next following the day on which they are appointed;

(ii) the property, rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities which were immediately before the appointed day vested in or to be discharged by the Water Authority shall be transferred to and vested in or be discharged by the Internal Drainage Board as reconstituted by this Order.

Section 3

The expenses of the Minister in connection with the making and confirmation of this Order shall be borne by the Water Authority and shall be part of the administrative expenses of that Authority.