2011 No. 796

Land Drainage, England
Flood Risk Management, England

The Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee (Amendment) Order 2011

Made

Coming into force

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 19951 (“the Act”) specifying the number of members to be appointed to the Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee by certain constituent councils from 30th March 2011;

b

that one member of that Committee should be appointed jointly by certain constituent councils.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(5)(b) and (8) of the Act2:

Citation and commencement1

This Order—

a

may be cited as the Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee (Amendment) Order 2011; and

b

comes into force on 30th March 2011.

Amendment2

Column (1) of the Schedule to the Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 19983 is amended as follows—

a

for “Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge, Waltham Forest”, substitute “Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge”;

b

for “Barnet, Brent, Harrow, Hounslow”, substitute “Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow”;

c

for “Bexley, Greenwich, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets”, substitute “Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham”;

d

for “Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark”, substitute “Lambeth, Southwark”;

e

for “Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington”, substitute “Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest”;

f

for “Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hillingdon, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, City of Westminster, the Common Council of the City of London”, substitute “Camden, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, City of Westminster, the Common Council of the City of London”; and

g

for “Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, Richmond-upon-Thames, Sutton, Wandsworth”, substitute “Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, Richmond-upon-Thames, Sutton, Wandsworth”.

Richard BenyonParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1641). It rearranges the groupings of London boroughs and the Common Council of the City of London, whose councils appoint members to the Thames Regional Flood Defence Committee.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.