Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the South Holderness Internal Drainage Board Order 2013 and, if confirmed by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the Land Drainage Act 1991, comes into force in accordance with that paragraph.

Confirmation of the Scheme with modifications

2. —(1) The Scheme submitted by the Environment Agency is confirmed with modifications.

(2) The Scheme, as modified by the Secretary of State, is set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Secretary of State’s expenses

3. The expenses of the Secretary of State in connection with the making and confirmation of this Order must be borne by the Environment Agency.

Article 2(2)

SCHEDULE SCHEME SUBMITTED BY THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

1. This Scheme comes into force on the day after the day on which the Order confirming this Scheme is confirmed.

2. In this Scheme—

“the abolished boards” means the Keyingham Level Drainage Board, the Ottringham Drainage Board, the Preston Drainage Board, the Skeffling Drainage Board, the Thorngumbald Drainage Board and the Winestead Level Drainage Board;

“the commencement date” means the date on which this Scheme comes into force;

“the Keyingham Level Drainage Board” means the internal drainage board constituted under a local Act of Parliament of 1802( 3 ) as amended, and reconstituted by the scheme confirmed by the Yorkshire Water Authority (Reconstitution of the Keyingham Level Drainage Board) Order 1989( 4 ) and “the Keyingham Level Drainage District” means the drainage district constituted under that local Act of Parliament of 1802 as amended;

“the new board” means the internal drainage board constituted by virtue of paragraph 3(3);

“the Ottringham Drainage Board” means the internal drainage board deemed by the Land Drainage Act 1930( 5 ) to have been constituted under that Act for the purposes of that Act and “the Ottringham Drainage District” means the internal drainage district constituted by a local Act of Parliament of 1807( 6 ) and deemed by the Land Drainage Act 1930 to have been constituted under that Act for the purposes of that Act;

“the Preston Drainage Board” means the internal drainage board constituted by the Preston Drainage District Order 1943( 7 ) and “the Preston Drainage District” means the internal drainage district constituted by that Order;

“property” means, in relation to any of the abolished boards, any property which is vested in that board immediately before the commencement date and includes books of account, other books, deeds, maps, papers and other documents, in whatever medium held, and computer and other electronic records;

“rights and obligations” means, in relation to any of the abolished boards, all rights, powers, duties (including statutory powers and duties), obligations and liabilities which are vested in or which fall to be discharged by that board immediately before the commencement date;

“the Skeffling Drainage Board” means the internal drainage board constituted by the Skeffling Drainage District Order 1944( 8 ) and “the Skeffling Drainage District” means the internal drainage district constituted by that Order;

“the Thorngumbald Drainage Board” means the internal drainage board deemed by the Land Drainage Act 1930 to have been constituted under that Act for the purposes of that Act and “the Thorngumbald Drainage District” means the internal drainage district constituted by a local Act of Parliament of 1764( 9 ) and deemed by the Land Drainage Act 1930 to have been constituted under that Act for the purposes of that Act;

“the Winestead Level Drainage Board” means the internal drainage board reconstituted by the scheme confirmed by the Yorkshire Water Authority (Reconstitution of the Winestead Level Drainage Board) Order 1989( 10 ) and “the Winestead Level Drainage District” means the internal drainage district constituted under the Winestead Level Drainage Act 1867( 11 ) and deemed by the Land Drainage Act 1930 to have been constituted under that Act for the purposes of that Act.

3. —(1) The Keyingham Level Drainage Board, the Ottringham Drainage Board, the Preston Drainage Board, the Skeffling Drainage Board, the Thorngumbald Drainage Board and the Winestead Level Drainage Board are abolished.

(2) The Keyingham Level Drainage District, the Ottringham Drainage District, the Preston Drainage District, the Skeffling Drainage District, the Thorngumbald Drainage District and the Winestead Level Drainage District are amalgamated into, and are constituted as, one internal drainage district to be known as “the South Holderness Internal Drainage District”.

(3) A new internal drainage board to be known as “the South Holderness Internal Drainage Board” is constituted for the South Holderness Internal Drainage District.

4. The new board is to consist of 12 elected members elected in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Land Drainage Act 1991.

5. As from the commencement date, all property and rights and obligations of the abolished boards are transferred to and vested in, or fall to be discharged by, the new board.

6. All arrears of rates owed to the abolished boards before the commencement date in respect of any period ending before the commencement date may be recovered by the new board, in the same manner as if they had been rates levied by the new board.

7. This Scheme operates as conclusive evidence of any thing transferred under this Scheme without the necessity of any further assignments, conveyance or deed of transfer.

8. The accounts of each of the abolished boards must be made up to the day before the commencement date by the new board and audited as if this Scheme had not come into force.

Confirmation of Order

In accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Land Drainage Act 1991(“the 1991 Act”), the Secretary of State has published this Order and a notice complying with paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act.

No memorial relating to the Order has been presented to the Secretary of State.

Paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act provides for the Order to come into force upon its confirmation by the appropriate Minister, being (by virtue of paragraph 1(3) of that Schedule) the Minister by whom the Order has been made.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State confirms the Order in accordance with paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act.