1. This Order may be cited as the Commons Regulation (Therfield) Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1888 (Amendment) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

2. The Schedule to the Commons Regulation (Therfield) Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1888 (2)shall be amended by the substitution for the words "elected by the inhabitant ratepayers of the special drainage district for Royston" of the words "elected by the persons resident in the spcial drainage district for Royston who are registered as local government electors in the register of electors in accordance with the Representation of the People Act 1983 (3)".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Conservators of Therfield Heath and Greens in Hertfordshire include three persons required by virtue of the provisional order confirmed by and contained in the Schedule to the Commons Regulation (Therfield) Provisional Order Confirmation Act 1888 to be elected by the inhabitant ratepayers of he special drainage district for Royston, which district was created by order under the Public Health Act 1875 (c. 55)

On 1st April 1990, by virtue of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), domestic property ceases to be subject to rating. This Order therefore amends the 1888 Act in order to enable the three Conservators in question to be elected by the local government electors resident in that district.