1 Title, commencement and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the Anglian Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th July 1998.
2 In this Order “the committee” means the Anglian Regional Flood Defence Committee, being the regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 for which the councils of the counties and London boroughs specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils.

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 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.
In accordance with regulation 5(6) of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/867, regulation 5(6) was substituted by S.I.1996/611), in relation to an area for which there is a district council but no county council, any references to a county council or a county shall be construed as including a reference to a district council or, as the case may be, a district.
2 Where more than one county is specified in any entry in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, any appointment made to the committee by the councils for those counties shall be made jointly.

3 Revocation
The Anglian Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997 is revoked.
S.I.1997/1359.
Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 7th July 1998