Part 3Flood risk assessment, maps and plans
Flood hazard maps and flood risk maps
24Flood hazard maps and flood risk maps: review
1
SEPA must—
a
by 22nd December 2019, review and where appropriate update each flood hazard map and each flood risk map prepared under section 21, and
b
by the end of each subsequent period of 6 years, review and where appropriate update the latest flood hazard map and flood risk map updated after review under this section.
2
SEPA must take into account in any review under this section the likely impact of climate change on the occurrence of floods.
3
Sections 21(2)(b) to (d), 22 and 23 apply in relation to the review and updating of a flood hazard map and a flood risk map.