SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 10Amendments relating to Regional Flood and Coastal Committees

Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)

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1

Section 135 (amount, assessment etc of general drainage charge) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (charge to be at a uniform rate per hectare of chargeable land)—

a

for “a local flood defence district” there is substituted “ a flood risk management region ”;

b

for “that district” there is substituted “ that region ”.

3

In subsection (3) (calculation), in paragraph (b), for “the local flood defence district” there is substituted “ the flood risk management region ”.

4

In subsection (4) (provision that may be made by a single order)—

a

in paragraph (b), for “one or more local flood defence districts” there is substituted “ one or more flood risk management regions ”;

b

in the words following paragraph (b)—

i

for “more than one local flood defence district” there is substituted “ more than one flood risk management region ”;

ii

for “districts” there is substituted “ flood risk management regions ”.