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Statutory Instruments

1996 No. 3062

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

LAND DRAINAGE

The Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities (Internal Drainage Boards and Local Authorities) Approval Order 1996

Made

5th December 1996

Laid before Parliament

5th December 1996

Coming into force

1st January 1997

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales, (“the Ministers”), in exercise of the powers conferred on them(1) by section 61E(1) and 72(1) of the Land Drainage Act 1991(2) and after consulting in accordance with section 61E(4) of that Act hereby jointly make the following Order:

Title and commencementI1

1. This Order may be cited as the Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities (Internal Drainage Boards and Local Authorities) Approval Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.

Approval of Code of PracticeI2

2. The Ministers approve the code of practice issued by them entitled “Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities”( 3 ) for the purpose of —

(a)giving practical guidance—

(i)to internal drainage boards with respect to the matters for the purposes of which sections 61A and 61C of the Land Drainage Act 1991 have effect, and

(ii)to local authorities with respect to the matters for the purposes of which sections 61B and 61C of the Land Drainage Act 1991 have effect; and

(b)promoting what appear to the Ministers to be desirable practices by internal drainage boards or, as the case may be, local authorities, with respect to those matters.

Tim Boswell

Parliamentary SecretaryMinistry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

4th December 1996

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jonathan Evans

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Welsh Office

5th December 1996

(1)

Section 72(1) defines “the Minister” and “the Ministers”.

(2)

1991 c. 59: sections 61A to 61E were inserted by the Land Drainage Act 1994 (c. 25).

(3)

Published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with reference PB 2906.

Status: There are outstanding changes not yet made by the editorial team to The Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities (Internal Drainage Boards and Local Authorities) Approval Order 1996. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
The Code of Practice on Environmental Procedures for Flood Defence Operating Authorities (Internal Drainage Boards and Local Authorities) Approval Order 1996 (1996/3062)
Version from: [subject to the status notice] 1 January 1997

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