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Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009

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Point in time view as at 01/06/2022.

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009, Section 3. Help about Changes to Legislation

3“Flood” and “flood risk”S

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In this Act—

  • flood” means the temporary covering by water from any source of land not normally covered by water, but does not include a flood solely from a sewerage system (and related expressions such as “flooding” are to be construed accordingly),

  • flood risk” means the combination of the probability of a flood and of the potential adverse consequences, associated with a flood, for human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity,

  • flood solely from a sewerage system” means the temporary covering of land by sewage caused solely by a failure in or blockage of a sewerage system which is not connected with any loading on the system by external hydraulic factors (for example by heavier than usual rainfall or higher than usual river levels).

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