The Yorkshire Water Authority (Alteration of Boundaries of the Lower Ouse Internal Drainage District) Order 1989

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the order)

This Order, made by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, confirms, with a modification, a Scheme submitted to him by the Yorkshire Water Authority making provision for the alteration of the boundaries of the Lower Ouse Internal Drainage District, which District was constituted by the Yorkshire Ouse River Board (Lower Ouse Internal Drainage District) Order 1951 and the Yorkshire Ouse River Board (Lower Ouse Internal Drainage District) (Appointed Day) Order 1951 and for the abolition of the Electoral Divisions of the said Drainage District.

From the 1st September 1989 the functions of the Yorkshire Water Authority were transferred to the National Rivers Authority under section 4 of the Water Act 1989 as read with the Water Authorities (Transfer of Functions) (Appointed Day) Order 1989.

Under section 190 of and paragraph 36 of Schedule 26 to the Water Act 1989 the Scheme has effect as having been made and submitted by the National Rivers Authority.

The maps sealed in relation to the modified Scheme are available for inspection during office hours at the offices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 30-34 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TL, and certified copies thereof may be inspected during office hours at the offices of the National Rivers Authority, Yorkshire Region, 21 Park Square South, Leeds LS1 2QG, and at the offices of the Lower Ouse Internal Drainage Board, 91 Bridgegate, Howden, Goole, North Humberside DN14 7JJ.