The Northumbria Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1360
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Northumbria Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st June 1997.

(2) In this Order “the committee” means the Northumbria 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.

Section 2 Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council

(1) The number of members to be appointed to the committee by the council or councils of any county 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 in relation to that entry by the councils for those counties and metropolitan districts shall be made jointly.

Section 3 Revocation

The Northumbria Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1996 is revoked.