--- title: "The Ramsey Internal Drainage Board (Reconstitution) Order 2026" id: f7ae8298-6f13-4fc0-b568-7b4aa2273eaf authority: uk place: "United Kingdom" applies_also_from: [] kind: regulation in_force: true publisher_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/798 attribution: "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives." solon_url: https://solon.orangecat.ch/law/f7ae8298-6f13-4fc0-b568-7b4aa2273eaf language: en in_force_from: 2026-07-14 date_basis: publisher status: consolidated source_url: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/798/data.xml read_on: 2026-11-10 sha256: 8aa8656843c31b310f46c4aee5813b9d09e1f30f19db1d87a01cf7b769320354 provisions: 4 --- # The Ramsey Internal Drainage Board (Reconstitution) Order 2026 ## Title and introductory text {#prelims} 2026 No. 798 LAND DRAINAGE, ENGLAND The Ramsey Internal Drainage Board (Reconstitution) Order 2026 Made 13th July 2026 Coming into force 14th July 2026 Under section 3(1)(a) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”), the Environment Agency has prepared a Scheme making provision for the matters specified in section 3(2)(d) and (i) of the 1991 Act and submitted the Scheme to the Secretary of State for confirmation. The Secretary of State has published a notice of intent to make this Order confirming the Scheme in accordance with paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act and has sent this notice to the relevant local authorities and other bodies specified in paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule. No objection has been made to the draft Order. Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(5) of the 1991 Act. ## 1 Citation, commencement, extent and application {#article-1} (1) This Order may be cited as the Ramsey Internal Drainage Board (Reconstitution) Order 2026 and comes into force on 14th July 2026. (2) This Order extends to England and Wales, and applies to England only. ## 2 Confirmation of Scheme {#article-2} (1) The Scheme submitted by the Environment Agency is confirmed with modifications. (2) The Scheme, as modified by the Secretary of State, is set out in the Schedule to this Order. ## Schedule Scheme submitted by the Environment Agency as modified by the Secretary of State {#schedule} Article 2(2) 1 This Scheme comes into force on the day after the day on which the Order confirming this Scheme is made. 2 In this Scheme— “the Board” means the Ramsey Internal Drainage Board constituted by the Scheme confirmed by the Ramsey Internal Drainage Board Order 2005; “the commencement date” means the date on which this Scheme comes into force; “elected members” means those members of the Ramsey Internal Drainage Board who are appointed by the Secretary of State pursuant to this Scheme or elected in accordance with the provisions made by or under Schedule 1 to the Land Drainage Act 1991 and any applicable regulations made under that Act; “property” includes books of account, other books, deeds, maps, papers and other documents, in whatever medium held, and computer and other electronic records; “rights and obligations” means all rights, powers, duties (including statutory powers and duties), obligations and liabilities. 3 (1) On the commencement date the Board is reconstituted to comprise five elected members. (2) The first elected members of the reconstituted Ramsey Internal Drainage Board are to be appointed by the Secretary of State and are to hold office until the expiry of one year from the first occurrence of 1st November following the day on which they are appointed. 4 The property, rights and obligations of the Board immediately before its reconstitution in accordance with paragraph 3 become the property, rights and obligations of the reconstituted Ramsey Internal Drainage Board upon its reconstitution.