The Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2004

• Citation: S.I. 2004/3165
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Title commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2004 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2005.

(2) In this Order–

“the committee” means the Southern 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 London boroughs specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils; and

“the Scheme” means the Southern Water Authority Local Land Drainage Scheme 1974, approved on 8th February 1974 by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting under paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 5 to the Water Act 1973 , and as varied by–

the National Rivers Authority (Southern Region) Local Flood Defence (Amendment) Scheme 1993, approved on 17th June 1993 by the said Minister acting under section 12(4) of the Water Resources Act 1991 ;

the Environment Agency Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Local Flood Defence (Amendment) Scheme 1997, approved on 29th August 1997 by the said Minister under section 17(8) of the Environment Act 1995 ; and

the Environment Agency Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Local Flood Defence (Amendment) Scheme 1998, approved on 8th April 1998 by the said Minister under section 17(8) of the said Act.

Section 2 Revocation of local flood defence scheme

The Scheme is revoked.

Section 3 The total number of members of the regional flood defence committee

The total number of members of the committee shall be increased from seventeen to nineteen .

Section 4 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 London borough 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 London borough shall be made jointly.

Section 5 Revocation

The Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998 is revoked.