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(1) This Order may be cited as the North West Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th July 1998.
(2) In this Order “the committee” means the regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 for which the councils of 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 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 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 North West Water Authority (Regional Land Drainage Committee) Order 1973 is revoked.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
7th July 1998
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2


(1) (2)
Counties and metropolitan districts Number of Members
Cheshire, Halton, Warrington One jointly
Cumbria One
Derbyshire None
Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan Three jointly
Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancashire One jointly
Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens, Sefton, Wirral Two jointly
Northumberland None
North Yorkshire None
Shropshire None
Staffordshire None