Schedule 22, paragraph 139(2)

In subsection (1) (power to make ordinary drought orders) for the words from the beginning to “then” there shall be substituted the words— If the Secretary of State is satisfied that, by reason of an exceptional shortage of rain, there exists or is threatened— then, a serious deficiency of supplies of water in any area, or such a deficiency in the flow or level of water in any inland waters as to pose a serious threat to any of the flora or fauna which are dependent on those waters,

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