The March West and White Fen Internal Drainage Board Order 2016
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Citation and commencement
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Confirmation of the Scheme
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Secretary of State’s expenses
SCHEDULE
Scheme as submitted by the Environment Agency
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This Scheme comes into force on the day after the...
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In this Scheme:- “the abolished boards” means the internal drainage...
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The March and Whittlesey Internal Drainage Board and the White...
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The March and Whittlesey Internal Drainage District and the White...
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A new internal drainage district which is shown edged red...
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A new internal drainage board to be known as the...
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The new Board shall consist of 13 elected members who,...
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As from the commencement date, all property and rights and...
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All arrears of rates owed to the abolished boards before...
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This Scheme operates as conclusive evidence of any thing transferred...
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The accounts of each of the abolished boards must be...
2016 No. 482

Land Drainage

The March West and White Fen Internal Drainage Board Order 2016
Made
1st April 2016
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
Under section 3(1)(a) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”) , the Environment Agency (“the Agency”) has prepared a Scheme making provision for the matters specified in section 3(2)(d), (e), (f) and (i) of that Act.
In accordance with section 3(1) of the 1991 Act, the Agency has submitted the Scheme to the Secretary of State for confirmation.
The Secretary of State has published a notice of intent to make the following Order confirming the Scheme in accordance with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act. The Secretary of State has sent this notice to the relevant local authorities and other bodies specified in paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule.
No objection has been made to the draft Order.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(5) and (7) of the 1991 Act and now vested in the Secretary of State .
1991 c. 59; “the relevant Minister” is defined in section 72(1). References to the National River Authority were replaced with references to the Environment Agency by paragraph 191 of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).
The functions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).