Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order confirms, with a modification, a Scheme (“the present Scheme”) submitted by the National Rivers Authority for the reconstitution of the Upper Witham Internal Drainage Board. That Board was formerly constituted by the Scheme confirmed by the Witham and Steeping Rivers Catchment Board (Upper Witham Internal Drainage District) Order 1933 (S.R. & O. 1933/218).
The principal change made by the present Scheme is a reduction in the number of elected members of the Board from 23 to 17, by reducing the numbers of members who represent some electoral districts.