UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
2016 No. 859
Land Drainage, England
The North Kent Marshes Internal Drainage District Order 2016
Made 22th August 2016
Coming into force 23th August 2016
Under section 3(1)(a) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”), the Environment Agency has prepared a Scheme making provision for the matters specified in section 3(2)(d),(e), (f),(g) and (i)and has submitted the Scheme to the Secretary of State for confirmation.
The Secretary of State has published a notice of intent to make this Order confirming the Scheme in accordance with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 of the 1991 Act and 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 this 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.
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Citation, commencement and interpretationCitation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the North Kent Marshes Internal Drainage District Order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) In this Order, “the Agency” means the Environment Agency.
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Confirmation of the Scheme with modificationsConfirmation of the Scheme with modifications
2.—(1) The Scheme submitted by the Agency is confirmed with modifications.
(2) The Scheme as modified by the Secretary of State is set out in the Schedule to this Order.
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Secretary of State’s expensesSecretary of State’s expenses
3. The expenses of the Secretary of State in connection with the making and confirming of this Order must be borne by the Agency.
Carol Tidmarsh
Senior Policy Advisor, Flood Risk Management
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
22nd August 2016
SCHEDULE
Article 2(2)
Scheme submitted by the Agency, as modified by the Secretary of State
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 district” means the Gravesend Bridge to Sheerness and Penshurst Internal Drainage District;
“the commencement date” means the date on which this Scheme comes into force;
“the new Board” means the North Kent Marshes Internal Drainage Board constituted by clause 5 of this Scheme;
“property” means any property which is vested in the Agency in respect of the abolished district immediately before the commencement date and includes books of account, other books, deeds, maps, papers and other documents, in whatever...
