The General Drainage Charges (Anglian Region) Order 2006

Made16th March 2006

Laid before Parliament20th March 2006

Coming into force10th April 2006

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 135(2), (3) and (4) of the Water Resources Act 19911, and in accordance with the requirements of section 135(3) of that Act:

Title, commencement and revocation1

1

This Order may be cited as the General Drainage Charges (Anglian Region) Order 2006 and comes into force on 10th April 2006.

2

The General Drainage Charges (Anglian Region) Order 20042 is revoked.

Interpretation2

In this Order, “the Anglian (Central) Regional Flood Defence District”, “the Anglian (Eastern) Regional Flood Defence District” and “the Anglian (Northern) Regional Flood Defence District” mean the respective areas of the Anglian (Central) Regional Flood Defence Committee, the Anglian (Eastern) Regional Flood Defence Committee and the Anglian (Northern) Regional Flood Defence Committee, which were established by the Anglian Regional Flood Defence Committee (Abolition) Order 20043.

Ascertainment of amount of general drainage charge3

For the purposes of ascertaining the uniform amount per hectare referred to in section 135(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991 in respect of the Anglian (Central) Regional Flood Defence District, the Anglian (Eastern) Regional Flood Defence District and the Anglian (Northern) Regional Flood Defence District4 for the year ending on 31st March 2007 and each subsequent year, the number by which the relevant quotient5 is to be multiplied (as well as being multiplied by one penny) is the number shown in respect of the district in question in the second column of the Schedule.

Elliot MorleyMinister of State,Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs16 March 2006

SCHEDULE

Article 3

Name of the Local Flood Defence District	Number
The Anglian (Central) Regional Flood Defence District	334.88
The Anglian (Eastern) Regional Flood Defence District	300.47
The Anglian (Northern) Regional Flood Defence District	300.60

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies, in relation to the Anglian (Central) Regional Flood Defence District, the Anglian (Eastern) Regional Flood Defence District and the Anglian (Northern) Regional Flood Defence District, the factor by which the relevant quotient is to be multiplied (as well as being multiplied by one penny) under section 135(2) of the Water Resources Act 1991 for the purposes of ascertaining the general drainage charge per hectare of chargeable land for each of these districts for the year ending on 31st March 2007 and each subsequent year.

The Environment Agency may raise a general drainage charge in these districts pursuant to section 134 of the Water Resources Act 1991.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of this Order and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies of this document can be obtained from the Flood Management Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Area 3B, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL.