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(1) This Order may be cited as the Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th July 1998.
(2) In this Order “the committee” means the Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee, being the regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 for which the councils of the counties and London boroughs 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 London borough 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 London borough 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 London boroughs shall be made jointly.
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The Southern Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1997 is revoked.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
7th July 1998
SCHEDULE
Article 2


(1) (2)
Counties and London boroughs Number of Members
Berkshire None
Brighton and Hove, East Sussex One jointly
Hampshire One
Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton One jointly
Isle of Wight One
Kent Two
Kent, the Medway Towns One jointly
The London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich One jointly
Surrey None
West Sussex One
Wiltshire None