
2006 No. 804
LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND
The North West Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2006
Made 16th March 2006
Coming into force 1st April 2006

From 1st April 2006, the constituent councils for the North West Regional Flood Defence Committee (“the committee”) will be the councils for the counties and metropolitan districts specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order.
The Secretary of State considers—
(a) that it is necessary or expedient to make an order under section 16(5)(b) of the Environment Act 1995 (“the Act”) specifying the number of members to be appointed to the committee by each of the constituent councils from 1st April 2006;
(b) that it is inappropriate that the council for any county or metropolitan district in relation to which an entry “none” appears in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order should appoint a member of the committee;
(c) that one member of the committee should be appointed jointly by the councils for any county or metropolitan district in relation to which an entry “one jointly” appears in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order; and
(d) that three members of the committee should be appointed jointly by the councils for any county or metropolitan district in relation to which an entry “three jointly” appears in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order.

Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(5)(b) and (8) of the Act and now vested in her:
Title, commencement and interpretation
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the North West Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2006 and comes into force on 1st April 2006.
(2) In this Order, “the committee” means the regional flood defence committee established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 and known as the North West Regional Flood Defence Committee, for which the councils for the counties and metropolitan districts specified in the Schedule to this Order are the constituent councils.
Number of members of the committee to be appointed by each constituent council
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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 is 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 in relation to that entry by the councils for the counties and metropolitan districts specified in that entry must be made jointly.
Revocation
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The North West Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 1998 is revoked.
Elliot Morley
Minister of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
16 March 2006
SCHEDULE
NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED BY EACH CONSTITUENT COUNCIL OR GROUP OF COUNCILS
Article 2


(1) (2)
Constituent Councils Number of Members 
Cheshire, Warrington One jointly
Cumbria One
Derbyshire None
Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan Three jointly
Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Lancashire (“Lancashire Councils”) One jointly
Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, Halton (“Merseyside Councils”) One jointly
Lancashire Councils and Merseyside Councils One jointly
Northumberland None
North Yorkshire None
Shropshire None
Staffordshire None