The Reconstitution of the River Stour (Kent) Internal Drainage Board Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/817
• Sections: 6

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Reconstitution of the River Stour (Kent) Internal Drainage Board Order 1993 and shall, unless subject to special Parliamentary procedure, come into force on the date of its confirmation by the Minister, in accordance with paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act.

Section 2

The Scheme is hereby confirmed subject to the following modifications:—

(i) for paragraph 1 there shall be substituted the following:—

This Scheme shall come into force one month after the date of confirmation of the Order confirming this Scheme.

(ii) for paragraph 2 of the Scheme there shall be substituted the following:—

The Internal Drainage Board as constituted by the Kent Rivers Catchment Board (River Stour (Kent) Internal Drainage Board) Order 1938 (S.R. & O. 1938/616 ) shall be reconstituted such that the number of elected members shall be nine, provided that the existing members of the Internal Drainage Board shall continue in office until the date of the first meeting of the new members under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2 to the Land Drainage Act 1991.

Section 3

The expenses of the Minister in connection with the making and confirmation of this Order shall be borne by the National Rivers Authority.

Section 1

This Scheme shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Ministerand such day is hereinafter called “the appointed day”.

Section 2

The Internal Drainage Board as constituted by the Kent Rivers Catchment Board (River Stour (Kent) Internal Drainage Board) Order, 1938 (S.R. & O. 1938 No 616) shall be reconstituted and shall consist of 9 members who, with the exception of the first members, shall be persons elected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the 1991 Act. The First members shall be appointed by the Minister and shall hold office until the expiration of one year from 1st November next following the day on which they are appointed.

Section 3

The existing rights, powers, duties, liabilities, obligationsand property (including deeds, maps, books, papersand other documents) of the River Stour (Kent) Internal Drainage Board as constituted by the Kent Rivers Catchment Board (River Stour (Kent) Internal Drainage Board) Order, 1938 (S. R. & O. 1938 No 616) shall be the rights, powers, duties, liabilities, obligationsand property of the Internal Drainage Board as reconstituted by this Scheme.