7(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”.