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(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order confirms a Scheme submitted by the National Rivers Authority for the reconstitution of the North Level Internal Drainage Board, which Board was constituted by the Scheme confirmed by the Welland and Nene River Authority (North Level Internal Drainage District) Order 1972 (S. I. 1972/1417).
The principal changes are a reduction in the number of elected members of the Board from 26 to 17, and the abolition of the Electoral Divisions of the Internal Drainage District under the jurisdiction of the above mentioned Internal Drainage Board.