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(1) This Order may be cited as the Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st June 1997.
(2) In this Order “the committee” means the Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee, being the regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 for which the councils for the counties and metropolitan districts 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 for 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 that Schedule.
(2) Where more than one county or metropolitan district is specified in any entry in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order, any appointment made to the committee by the councils for those counties or metropolitan districts shall be made jointly.
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The Severn-Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1996 is revoked.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
28th May 1997
SCHEDULE
Article 2


(1) (2)
Counties and metropolitan districts Number of Members
Birmingham One
Bristol None
Clwyd None
Coventry, Solihull One jointly
Doncaster, North Lincolnshire, Rotherham One jointly
Derby, Derbyshire One jointly
Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton One jointly
East Riding of Yorkshire None
Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire One jointly
Hereford and Worcestershire, Warwickshire One jointly
Leicester, Leicestershire One jointly
Lincolnshire None
Northamptonshire None
Nottinghamshire One
Oxfordshire None
Powys, Shropshire One jointly
Rutland None
Sheffield None
Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent One