Land Drainage Act 1976

101Power of Greater London Council to provide flood warning system

(1)The Greater London Council shall have power—

(a)to provide and operate a flood warning system for the London excluded area;

(b)both within and outside that area, to provide, install and maintain apparatus required for the purposes of such a system; and

(c)to carry out within that area any other engineering or building operations so required.

(2)Before the Greater London Council exercise within the area of any water authority any power conferred on them by subsection (1)(b) above, other than the power to maintain apparatus, they shall consult with that water authority.

(3)Expressions used in this section have the same meaning as in section 32 above, and section 32(2) shall apply in relation to the Greater London Council as it applies in relation to a water authority, and as though the references in it to section 32(1) were references to subsection (1) of this section.