Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 826
LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND
The General Drainage Charges (Anglian Region) Order 2006
Made
16th March 2006
Laid before Parliament
20th March 2006
Coming into force
10th April 2006
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 135(2), (3) and (4) of the Water Resources Act 1991( 1 ), and in accordance with the requirements of section 135(3) of that Act:
Title, commencement and revocation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the General Drainage Charges (Anglian Region) Order 2006 and comes into force on 10th April 2006.
(2)The General Drainage Charges (Anglian Region) Order 2004( 2 ) is revoked.
Interpretation
2. In this Order, “the Anglian (Central) Regional Flood Defence District”, “the Anglian (Eastern) Regional Flood Defence District” and “the Anglian (Northern) Regional Flood Defence District” mean the respective areas of the Anglian (Central) Regional Flood Defence Committee, the Anglian (Eastern) Regional Flood Defence Committee and the Anglian (Northern) Regional Flood Defence Committee, which were established by the Anglian Regional Flood Defence Committee (Abolition) Order 2004( 3 ).
Ascertainment of amount of general drainage charge
3. For the purposes of ascertaining the uniform amount per hectare referred to in section 135(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991 in respect of the Anglian (Central) Regional Flood Defence District, the Anglian (Eastern) Regional Flood Defence District and the Anglian (Northern) Regional Flood Defence District( 4 ) for the year ending on 31st March 2007 and each subsequent year, the number by which the relevant quotient( 5 ) is to be multiplied (as well as being multiplied by one penny) is the number shown in respect of the district in question in the second column of the Schedule.
Elliot Morley
Minister of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
16 March 2006
Article 3
SCHEDULE
| Name of the Local Flood Defence District | Number |
|---|---|
| The Anglian (Central) Regional Flood Defence District | 334.88 |
| The Anglian (Eastern) Regional Flood Defence District | 300.47 |
| The Anglian (Northern) Regional Flood Defence District | 300.60 |
1991 c. 57 . Section 221(1) defines “the Ministers”. The references to the Authority were replaced with references to the Environment Agency by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) , Schedule 22, paragraph 128. Section 135(2) and (3) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) , Schedule 13, paragraph 96(1) and (2) and Schedule 14. Section 135(7) was inserted by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 13, paragraph 96(3).
S.I. 2004/388 .
S.I. 2004/3163 .
The local flood defence districts for the purposes of this Order have been determined in accordance with section 134(3) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) , which provides that the area of a regional flood defence committee in relation to which no local flood defence scheme is in force shall be treated as a single local flood defence district for the purposes of sections 134 and 135 of that Act.
The relevant quotient is determined under section 135(7) in accordance with the rules contained in the General Drainage Charges (Relevant Quotient) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/165 ), as amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) , Schedule 22, paragraph 233(1).