The Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 803

LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND

The Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2006

Made

16th March 2006

Coming into force

1st April 2006

From 1st April 2006, the constituent councils for the Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee (“the committee”) will be the councils for the counties and metropolitan districts specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order(1).

The Secretary of State considers—

(a)

that it is necessary or expedient to make an order under section 16(5)(b) of the Environment Act 1995 (“the Act”)(2) specifying the number of members to be appointed to the committee by each of the constituent councils from 1st April 2006;

(b)

that it is inappropriate that the council for any county or metropolitan district in relation to which an entry “none” appears in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order should appoint a member of the committee; and

(c)

that one member of the committee should be appointed jointly by the councils for any county or metropolitan district in relation to which an entry “one jointly” appears in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(5)(b) and (8) of the Act and now vested in her(3):

(1)

The constituent councils for any area of a regional flood defence committee are determined in accordance with section 15(6) of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25); the boundaries of the area of the committee will be altered on 1st April 2006 by The North-West, Severn-Trent and Welsh Regional Flood Defence Committees (Boundaries Alteration) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3047).

(2)

1995 c. 25.

(3)

Sections 15(7) and 16(9) define “the relevant Minister” and section 56(1) defines “the Minister”. By virtue of article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794), the power conferred by section 16(5) is now exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to any regional flood defence committee, the whole or the greater part of which is in England.