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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Reservoirs

Flood plans

21After section 12A insert—

12AAFlood plans: preparation

(1)This section applies where an undertaker is directed to prepare a flood plan under section 12A.

(2)The undertaker must prepare a flood plan in consultation with the appointed engineer.

(3)The undertaker may not provide a copy of, or publish, a flood plan in accordance with a direction under section 12A(2)(d) or (e) unless the appointed engineer has certified that the requirements of a direction under section 12A(2)(a) and (b) are satisfied.

(4)The undertaker must test a flood plan at such times and in such manner as may be directed by the appointed engineer.

(5)In the event of flooding, or if flooding is reasonably expected to occur, the undertaker must implement the flood plan without delay.

(6)The undertaker—

(a)must keep a flood plan under review, and

(b)may revise a flood plan.

(7)The undertaker must revise the flood plan in accordance with the directions of the appointed engineer.

(8)The following apply to a revision of a flood plan as they apply to a flood plan—

(a)subsections (2) to (7), and

(b)any requirements of a direction under section 12A.

(9)In this section “appointed engineer” means—

(a)in the case of a high-risk reservoir, the supervising engineer, and

(b)in any other case, the engineer appointed for the purposes of this section.