This Order confirms with modifications a Scheme (“the present Scheme”) submitted by the National Rivers Authority for the reconstitution of the Dearne and Dove Internal Drainage Board. That Board was formerly constituted by the Scheme confirmed by the River Ouse (Yorks) Catchment Board (Dearne and Dove Internal Drainage District) Order 1934 (S.R. & O. 1935/90).

The principal change made by the present Scheme is a reduction in the number of elected members of the Board from 11 to 8.