RECORDS OF THE WEST SUSSEX RIVER BOARD

The areas of which the drainage was directed towards a group of rivers and their tributaries lying principally in the administrative County of West Sussex, together with certain adjoining areas, were designated a River Board Area by the West Sussex River Board Area Order, 1950 [Statutory Instruments, 1950, No. 314, made by the Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Health, under s. 1 of the River Boards Act, 1948 (11 and 12 George VI, c. 32)]. A Board was constituted for the River Board Area on 15 June 1950 by the West Sussex River Board Constitution Order, 1950 [S. I., 1950, No. 974, made by the Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Health, under s. 1 of the River Boards Act, 1948 (11 and 12 George VI, c. 32)]; by the same Order, the responsibilities of the River Adur Catchment Board, River Arun Catchment Board and South West Sussex Rivers Catchment Board were transferred to the River Board and these bodies were dissolved from 1 October 1950

The River Board was dissolved on 1 April 1965, its functions passing to the Sussex River Authority, constituted under the Water Resources Act, 1963 [1963, c. 38]