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(1) This Order may be cited as the Wessex Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st June 1997.
(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 for the counties 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 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) Any appointment made to the committee by the councils for the counties of
(a) Bournemouth and Poole; or
(b) 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 1996 is revoked.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
28th May 1997
SCHEDULE
Article 2


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