The Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee Order 2005
Regional flood defence committees of the Environment Agency were established by section 14 of the Environment Act 1995 (“the Act”). Section 15(1) of the Environment Act 1995 provides that each regional flood defence committee shall consist of:–a chairman and a number of other members appointed by the relevant Minister;two members appointed by the Agency;a number of members appointed by or on behalf of the constituent councils.