Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 6)

Part 4 S Flood risk management: local authority functions

General S

71 Interpretation of Part 4 S

In this Part—

• “relevant local flood risk management plan” means, in relation to a local authority, a local flood risk management plan for a local plan district that includes all or part of the local authority's area,

• “scheme documents” means, in relation to a proposed flood protection scheme, the documents containing the material specified in, or by regulations made under, section 60(2),

• “statutory undertaker” means—

  (a)

  the holder of a licence under section 6(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29),

  (b)

  a gas transporter within the meaning of Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 (c. 44),

  (c)

  the Civil Aviation Authority,

  (d)

  a holder of a licence under Chapter 1 of the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38),

  (e)

  the operator of an electronic communications code network within the meaning of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), and

  (f)

  any other person who is a statutory undertaker within the meaning of section 214(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8),

• “statutory undertaking”—

  (a)

  means, in relation to a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) in the definition of “statutory undertaker”, the person's undertaking,

  (b)

  means, in relation to Scottish Water, its core functions within the meaning of section 70(2) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3),

  (c)

  otherwise has the meaning given in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.