2005 No. 548
LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Welsh Local Flood Defence Scheme 1996 (Revocation) Order 2005

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 18A of the Environment Act 19951 and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales2, makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Welsh Local Flood Defence Scheme 1996 (Revocation) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales only.

(3)

In this Order—

(a)

“the Act” means the Environment Act 1995;

(b)

“the Scheme” means the Welsh Local Flood Defence Scheme 1996, approved on 19th April 1996 by the Secretary of State for Wales acting under section 17(8) of the Act, as varied by the Welsh Local Flood Defence Scheme (Variation) Scheme 2000, approved on 31st January 2001 by the National Assembly for Wales acting under section 17(8) of the Act.

Abolition of the Scheme2.

The Scheme is revoked.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19983
Dafydd Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
This note is not part of the Order)
The Welsh Local Flood Defence Scheme 1996 (“the 1996 Scheme”) was made by the Environment Agency (“the Agency”) under section 17 of the Environment Act 19954 (“the Act”), approved on 19th April 1996 by the Secretary of State for Wales acting under section 17(8) of the Act, and came into force on 1st May 1996. The 1996 Scheme was varied by the Welsh Local Flood Defence Scheme (Variation) Scheme 2000, as approved by the National Assembly for Wales (“the Assembly”) under section 17(8) of the Act.
Paragraph 3 of the 1996 Scheme, as amended (“the Scheme”) establishes the following 6 Local Flood Defence Districts (“the Districts”) within the area of the Welsh Regional Flood Defence Committee5 (“the Regional Committee”):
1.

the Dee and Clwyd Local Flood Defence District;

2.

the Glamorgan Local Flood Defence District;

3.

the Gwynedd Local Flood Defence District;

4.

the South West Wales Local Flood Defence District;

5.

the Usk Local Flood Defence District; and

6.

the Wye Local Flood Defence District.

  • The respective areas of the Districts comprise those shown on the maps numbered 1–6 in Schedule 1 to the Scheme.

  • Paragraph 4 of the Scheme constitutes for each District a Local Flood Defence Committee (“Local Committee”).

  • Paragraph 5 of, and Schedule 2 to the Scheme provides for the membership of the Local Committees.

  • Paragraph 6 of, and Schedule 3 to the Scheme provides that the Local Committees are to exercise certain functions of the Regional Committee. Those functions are listed in that Schedule.

  • Paragraph 7 of, and Schedule 4 to the Scheme establish the rules of procedure of the Local Committees. This Order revokes the Scheme and, therefore, the Districts and the Local Committees established under it. By virtue of this revocation, the functions of the Local Committees will revert to the Regional Committee.