These Regulations confer on the National Rivers Authority a power to issue levies to certain local authorities for the purpose of meeting the Authority’s expenses in respect of local flood defence districts in respect of financial years beginning in or after 1993.

• The Regulations supersede the National Rivers Authority (Levies) Regulations 1990 which are revoked subject to a saving (regulation 12).

• The Regulations include provisions as to when levies are to be issued (regulation 4), the maximum amount of certain levies (regulation 5), the issue of substituted levies (regulation 8), and the payment of levies (regulation 9). Where a district comprises areas of more than one local authority, regulation 6 provides a method of apportionment of the expenses that are to be raised by levies. Regulation 7 provides for the supply of information by certain local authorities to the NRA. Regulations 10 and 11 provide for local authorities to anticipate a levy which may be issued to them.