Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 3(5) and (7) of the Land Drainage Act 1991, has now confirmed the Norfolk Rivers Internal Drainage Board Order made on 28 June 2022 (S.I 2022 No. 714) confirming the Scheme submitted by the Environment Agency under section 3(1) of the Act.

The scheme makes provision for:

i) the reconstitution of the Norfolk Rivers Internal Drainage Board to reduce the number of elected members of the Board from 15 to 10

ii) matters supplemental to or consequential on the reconstitution

A copy of the Order, may be requested by email or telephone from:

a) The Offices of the Water Management Alliance (Pierpoint House, 28 Horsley’s Fields, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DD) by contacting: phil@wlma.org.uk; Tel: 01553 819617, mobile: 07841 571251 or Tel: 01553 819600, email: info@wlma.org.uk, website: www.wlma.org.uk;

b) Offices of the Environment Agency at the Brampton Office, Bromholme Lane, Brampton, Huntingdon PE28 4NE by contacting: the Customers & Engagement team at the above address, or by telephone on 020 3025 5472 or at areamanagercorrespondence.eastanglia@environment-agency.gov.uk; and;

c) Offices of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Seacole House, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF) by contacting: kilie.mpopo@defra.gov.uk, Telephone: 020 8026 3490.

By paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Land Drainage Act 1991, it is provided that if any person aggrieved by an order desires to question its validity on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the Act or that any requirement of the Act has not been complied with he may, within 6 weeks after the publication of this notice, make an application for the purpose to the High Court, and if any such application is duly made, the Court, if satisfied that the Order is not within the powers of the Act, or that the interests of the applicant have been substantially prejudiced by any requirements of the Act not having been complied with, may quash the Order either generally or in so far as it affects the applicants.

Carol Tidmarsh, Flood Risk Management Division

Dated: 1st July 2022