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Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1997

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3Duty of local authorities to publish reports

After section 6 of the 1961 Act there shall be inserted the following section—

“Reports

6ADuty of local authorities to publish reports

(1)Every local authority shall, within the period of six months commencing with the date on which this section comes into force, prepare and publish a report specifying the measures which they consider that they require to take to prevent or mitigate the flooding of land in their area.

(2)Not more than two years after a local authority have published the report referred to in subsection (1) above, and at intervals of not more than two years thereafter, they shall prepare and publish a report specifying—

(a)the measures which they consider that they require to take to prevent or mitigate the flooding of land in their area;

(b)the measures which they have taken since the date of publication of their previous report to prevent or mitigate the flooding of such land; and

(c)all occurrences of flooding of such land since that date.

(3)The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament alter the periods mentioned in subsection (2) above.

(4)In this section “land” means land other than agricultural land.”.

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