Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 548
LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Welsh Local Flood Defence Scheme 1996 (Revocation) Order 2005
Made
25th January 2005
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2005
Coming into force
1st April 2005
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1. —(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 Scheme
2. The Scheme is revoked.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998( 3 )
Dafydd Elis Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
25th January 2005
1995 c. 25 . Section 18A was inserted into the Act by section 66 of the Water Act 2003 (c. 37) .
The function of the Secretary of State under section 18A was transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ). By section 100(6)(c) of the Water Act 2003, the references to the Act in Schedule 1 to the Order are to be treated as references to the Act as amended by the Water Act 2003.
The Welsh Regional Flood Defence Committee means the regional flood defence committee that exists pursuant to section 14(2)(a) of the Act for an area the whole or the greater part of which is in Wales.