Flood and Water Management Act 2010

Process of voluntary adoption

24 (1) This paragraph applies where an approving body decides to exercise its power to adopt a drainage system to which the duty to adopt does not apply.

(2) The approving body must notify—

(a) the sewerage undertaker in whose area the drainage system is,

(b) any person who appears to the approving body to own or occupy land on which the drainage system is (including details of any arrangements under the approved proposals for access and maintenance), and

(c) any person who appears to the approving body to own or occupy land from which water will be drained by the drainage system.

(3) The approving body must arrange for—

(a) the inclusion of the drainage system (including any non-adopted part) in the relevant register under section 21, and

(b) the designation under Schedule 1 of any part of the drainage system (whether an adopted part or not) which is eligible for designation (and which is not owned by the approving body).

(4) The notification under sub-paragraph (2) must specify the extent of the drainage system being adopted.

(5) The Minister may make regulations about the timing and manner of compliance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).