The Drainage Trusts (Dissolution) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2006 No. 281

DRAINAGE

The Drainage Trusts (Dissolution) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

26th June 2006

Coming into operation

31st July 2006

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development(1) makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 29A of the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973(2):

It appears to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development that the trusts listed in the Schedule to this Order are trusts to which Article 29A of the 1973 Order applies:

In accordance with Article 29A(3) and (4) of the 1973 Order the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has published a notice of intention to dissolve the trusts in the Belfast Gazette and in two newspapers circulating in the area to which the trust relates:

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has considered any objections received in accordance with Article 29A(4) of the 1973 Order and is satisfied that the dissolutions would not subject any person to a significant detriment:

Accordingly the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Drainage Trusts (Dissolution) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 31^st July 2006.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 1973 Order” means the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973; and

“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Dissolution of drainage trusts

3.—(1) The trusts listed in the Schedule are hereby dissolved.

(2) Any property, forming part of any of the trusts, may be disposed of at such time and in such manner as the Department may determine and any funds shall be put to the Consolidated Fund as appropriations in aid.

(3) All rights, duties, obligations and liabilities arising under the trusts are hereby extinguished.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 26th June 2006.

L.S.

J R Hagan

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Article 3

SCHEDULE DRAINAGE TRUSTS DISSOLVED

Name of Trust	Location of drains
Harriet A C Head	Ballygalget, Dunevly, Broom Quarter, Castleboy, Drumardan Quarter, Drumardan and Cloghy, County Down
Bruce Trust Fund	Big Drain - Tircreven to Lough Foyle, County Londonderry
Henry Stuart Nugent	Portaferry, County Down
G M Knox Peebles	Newry, County Down
Hugh Sydney Egerton	Blackbrae, Campsie County Londonderry
William Baron Lurgan	Lough Neagh Drainage District
Lord Dunleath	Quoile and Lisbane, County Down

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order dissolves the drainage trusts listed in the Schedule and extinguishes all rights, duties, obligations and liabilities arising under the trusts. The Order also provides for the Department to dispose of any property forming part of the trusts and to put the funds to the Consolidated Fund as appropriations in aid.

(1)

Formerly the Ministry of Agriculture: See Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 c. 36. The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1).

(2)

S.I. 1973/69 (N.I. 1), as amended by S.I. 2005/1453 (N.I. 8).