The Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Area of significant flood risk: reviews

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9.—(1) Where the Department updates a preliminary flood risk assessment for the river basin district or the part of any international river basin district lying within Northern Ireland under regulation 6(1), it shall review and, if necessary, update the identification of areas within that district or part for which it has concluded that potential significant flood risks exist or might be considered likely to occur.

(2) Regulation 8(2) applies in relation to a review and updating of an identification of areas under paragraph (1).