Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 723

The National Rivers Authority (Alteration of Boundaries of the South Holland Internal Drainage District) Order 1993

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1994 No. 723

LAND DRAINAGE

The National Rivers Authority (Alteration of Boundaries of the South Holland Internal Drainage District) Order 1993

Whereas the National Rivers Authority has prepared and submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (hereinafter called "the Minister") for confirmation under section 3(1) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (hereinafter called "the 1991 Act")^[1] a Scheme (hereinafter called "the Scheme") in relation to the South Holland Internal Drainage District, a copy of which is set out in the Schedule hereto;

And whereas the Minister has caused a notice of his intention to make the following Order confirming the Scheme and the places where copies of the draft Order may be inspected and obtained to be published and to be sent to local authorities and other bodies in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act;

And whereas no objection has been made to the draft Order;

Now, therefore, the Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 3(5) and (7) of the 1991 Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:-

    1.    This Order may be cited as the National Rivers Authority (Alteration of Boundaries of the South Holland Internal Drainage District) 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.

    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) in paragraph 2 shall be added, before the definition of the 1793 Act, the following definition: "‘the authority’ means the National Rivers Authority";
 (iii) in paragraph 4 for the words "the appointed day" shall be substituted the words "the coming into force of this Scheme";
 (iv) in paragraph 8 the words "From the appointed day" shall be deleted;
 (v) in paragraph 8(b) for the words "the 1976 Act" there shall be substituted "the Land Drainage Act 1991".

    3.    The expenses of the Minister in connection with the making and confirmation of this Order shall be borne equally by the National Rivers Authority and the South Holland Internal Drainage Board.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on


R. A. Hathaway

Assistant Secretary

6th April 1993.

[1] 1991 c. 59; the definition of "the relevant Minister" is contained in section 72(1) of that Act. back

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