1. This Order may be cited as The Isle of Axholme Internal Drainage Board Order 2005 and shall, if confirmed by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the Land Drainage Act 1991, come into force in accordance with that paragraph.
2.—(1) The Scheme as submitted by the Environment Agency (the provisions of which appear in Schedule 1 to this Order) is hereby confirmed subject to the following modifications –
(a)in the definition of “The Adlingfleet and Whitgift Drainage Commissioners” for “1767 Private Act an Act” substitute “Act of 1767” and delete “Adlingfleet and Whitgift Drainage Act”;
(b)in paragraph 5, after “lie within the whole or any part” insert “of the district”;
(c)in paragraph 6 delete “, in so far as levied in relation to an occupier of land within the Isle of Axholme Internal Drainage District”; and
(d)in paragraph 8, for “and copies thereof shall be sent forthwith to” substitute “by”.
(2) Schedule 2 to this Order sets out the Scheme as it has effect by virtue of paragraph (1) on its coming into force.
3. The expenses of the Secretary of State in connection with the making and confirmation of this Order shall be borne by the Environment Agency.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State,
Sarah Nason
A Senior Civil Servant in the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
20th January 2005