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(1) This Order may be cited as the Wessex Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1996 and shall come into force on 24th June 1996.
(2) In this Order “the committee” means the Wessex Regional Flood Defence Committee, being the regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 for which the councils specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils.
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(1) The number of members to be appointed to the committee by the council or councils of any county or metropolitan district specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall be the number specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the Schedule.
(2) Any appointment made to the committee by the councils for Bath and North East Somerset, North West Somerset and South Gloucestershire shall be made jointly.
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The Wessex Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1990 is revoked.
Tim Boswell
Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
18th June 1996
SCHEDULE
Article 2


(1) (2)
Constituent Councils Number of Members
Bath and North East Somerset, North West Somerset, South Gloucestershire Two jointly
Bristol One
Devon None
Dorset Two
Gloucestershire None
Hampshire None
Somerset Two
Wiltshire One