
1 
This Order may be cited as the Lower Wye and River Lugg Internal Drainage Districts (Alteration of Boundaries) Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2 

(1) The Scheme submitted by the Natural Resources Body for Wales and the Environment Agency is confirmed.
(2) The Scheme is set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Carl Sargeant
Minister for Natural Resources, one of Welsh Ministers
24th November 2014
Lewis Baker
A Civil Servant, for and on behalf of the
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
26th November 2014
SCHEDULE
Article 2(2)
1 
This Scheme comes into force on the day after the day on which the Order confirming this Scheme is confirmed.
2 
In this Scheme—
 “the Commencement Date” means the date on which this Scheme comes into force;
 “the Lower Wye Internal Drainage Board” means the internal drainage board constituted by the River Wye Catchment Board (Lower Wye Internal Drainage District) Order 1950 and “the Lower Wye Internal Drainage District” means the internal drainage district constituted by that Order;
 “the Map” means the map sealed by the Natural Resources Body for Wales and the Environment Agency dated 4 August 2014 entitled “Lower Wye IDB in England and Wales” and deposited at Natural Resources Body for Wales, Cambria House, 29 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 0TP and Environment Agency, Sapphire East, 550 Streetsbrook Road, Solihull B91 1QT;
 “the River Lugg Internal Drainage Board” means the internal drainage board constituted by the River Wye Catchment Board (River Lugg Internal Drainage District) Order 1945 as amended by the Welsh Water Authority (Alteration of Boundaries of the River Lugg Internal Drainage District) Order 1981 and as further amended by the Alteration of Boundaries of the River Lugg Internal Drainage District Order 1999 and “the River Lugg Internal Drainage District” means the internal drainage district constituted by those Orders;
 “the Transferred Land” means such land within the boundary of the Lower Wye Internal Drainage District as lies within England, comprising lands lying within the parishes of Allensmore, Dewsall, Ewyas Harold, Ganarew, Garway, Haywood, Kilpeck, Kenderchurch, Kentchurch, Llancillo, Llanrothal, Much Dewchurch, Rowlstone, St. Devereux, Treville, Walterstone, Wormbridge in the county of Herefordshire and Newland and St. Briavels in the county of Gloucestershire as shown coloured blue on the Map.
3 
As from the Commencement Date, the boundaries of the Lower Wye Internal Drainage District shall be altered to exclude the Transferred Land.
4 
As from the Commencement Date, the boundaries of the River Lugg Internal Drainage District shall be altered to include the Transferred Land.
5 
All property, rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities as immediately before the Commencement Date were vested in or fell to be discharged by the Lower Wye Internal Drainage Board in respect of the Transferred Land shall be transferred to and vest in, or fall to be discharged by, the River Lugg Internal Drainage Board.
6 
Subject to paragraph 7, the River Lugg Internal Drainage Board may, in respect of the Transferred Land, recover all arrears of rates levied by the Lower Wye Internal Drainage Board before the Commencement Date in respect of any period ending before the Commencement Date in the same manner as if they had been levied by the River Lugg Internal Drainage Board.
7 
During the remainder of the financial year in which this Scheme is made, the River Lugg Internal Drainage Board shall not levy any rates in respect of the Transferred Land and may only recover arrears of rates in respect of that Land to the level set by the Lower Wye Internal Drainage Board for that financial year.
8 
The Scheme operates as conclusive evidence of any thing transferred under this Scheme without the necessity of any further assignments, conveyances or deeds of transfer.
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Dated 7th August 2014