Flood and Water Management Act 2010 Explanatory Notes

Section 30: Designation of features

99.Section 30 introduces Schedule 1: Risk Management: Designation of Features.

100.This Schedule to the Act provides additional legal powers for certain authorities in England and Wales (as explained below) to formally designate assets or features which affect flood or coastal erosion risk. It increases regulatory control of the significant number of assets or features which form flood and coastal erosion risk management systems, but which are not maintained or operated by those formally responsible for managing the risk.

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