Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009

1. Introduction

2. Background – EC Floods Directive

3. Background – the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961

4. The Act – Overview

5. The Act – Section by Section

   1. Part 1 – General Duty, Directions and Guidance

      1. Section 1 – General duty

      2. Section 2 – Directions and guidance

   2. Part 2 – Principal Expressions

      1. Section 3 – “Flood” and “flood risk”

      2. Section 5 – Responsible authorities

   3. Part 3 – Flood Risk Assessment, Maps and Plans

      1. Section 7 – General purpose of Part 3

      2. Section 8 – Flood risk management districts

      3. Section 9 – SEPA to prepare flood risk assessments

      4. Section 10 – Flood risk assessment: review

      5. Section 11 – Flood risk assessments: regulations

      6. Section 12 – Flood risk assessments: availability for public inspection

      7. Section 13 – SEPA to identify potentially vulnerable areas and local plan districts

      8. Section 14 – Potentially vulnerable areas and local plan districts: review

      9. Section 15 – Potentially vulnerable areas and local plan districts: regulations

      10. Section 16 – Scottish Water to assess flood risk from sewerage systems

      11. Section 17 - Local authorities to prepare maps of bodies of water etc

      12. Section 18 – Local authorities to assess bodies of water

      13. Section 19 - SEPA to prepare maps of artificial structures and natural features

      14. Section 20 – SEPA to assess possible contribution of alteration etc. of natural features and characteristics

      15. Section 21 – SEPA to prepare flood hazard maps and flood risk maps

      16. Section 22 – Flood hazard maps

      17. Section 23 – Flood risk maps

      18. Section 24 – Flood hazard maps and flood risk maps: review

      19. Section 25 – Flood hazard maps and flood risk maps: availability for public inspection

      20. Section 26 – Flood hazard maps and flood risk maps: regulations

      21. Section 27 – SEPA to prepare flood risk management plans

      22. Section 28 – Flood risk management plans: objectives and measures

      23. Section 29 – Flood risk management plans: guidance

      24. Section 30 – Flood risk management plans: publicity of drafts etc. and consultation

      25. Section 31 – Flood risk management plans: submission for approval

      26. Section 32 – Flood risk management plans: approval and publication

      27. Section 33 – Flood risk management plans: review

      28. Section 34 – Local authorities to prepare local flood risk management plans

      29. Section 35 – Local flood risk management plans: publicity and consultation

      30. Section 36 – Local flood risk management plans: completion and publication

      31. Section 37 – Local flood risk management plans: interim report

      32. Section 38 – Local flood risk management plans: final report

      33. Section 39 – Local flood risk management plans: joint working

      34. Section 40 – Regulations relating to flood risk management plans and local flood risk management plans

      35. Section 41 – Duty to have regard to flood risk management plans and local flood risk management plans

      36. Section 42 – Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008

      37. Section 43 – Power of SEPA to obtain information, documents and assistance

      38. Section 44 – Power of lead authorities to obtain information, documents and assistance

      39. Section 45 – Power of local authorities to obtain information

      40. Section 46 – Power to obtain information, documents and assistance: supplementary

      41. Section 47 – Power to obtain information, documents and assistance: offence

      42. Section 48 – Consistency and co-ordination with characterisations and plans under the 2003 Act

      43. Section 49 – District flood risk advisory groups

      44. Section 50 – Sub-district flood risk advisory groups

      45. Section 51 – Power to give effect to Community obligations etc.

      46. Section 52 – Annual report on implementation of Directive

      47. Section 53 – Availability of documents for public inspection

      48. Section 54 – Publicity of matters

      49. Section 55 – Interpretation of Part 3

   4. Part 4 – Flood Risk Management: Local Authority Functions

      1. Section 56 – General power to manage flood risk

      2. Section 57 – Limits of general power

      3. Section 58 – Limits of general power: statutory undertakings

      4. Section 59 - Duty to carry out clearance and repair works

      5. Section 60 – Flood protection schemes

      6. Section 61 – Orders under the Land Drainage (Scotland) Act 1958

      7. Section 62 - Registers of flood protection schemes

      8. Section 63 - Registers of flood protection schemes: information about schemes under 1961 Act

      9. Section 64 - Registers of flood protection schemes: regulations etc

      10. Section 65 – Deemed planning permission for scheme work

      11. Section 66 – Acquisition of land

      12. Section 67 – Recovery of expenses

      13. Section 68 – Information about ownership etc. of land

      14. Section 69 – Damage to certain flood protection work

   5. Part 5 – Sepa: Other Flood Risk Management Functions

      1. Section 72 – Advice to planning authorities and others as to flood risk

      2. Section 73 – Other assessment and maps of flood risk

      3. Section 74 – Flood warning

      4. Section 75 – Assessment of whether flood warning systems should be provided or altered

      5. Section 76 – Provision, alteration etc. of flood warning system

      6. Section 77 – Consultation required by sections 75 and 76

      7. Section 78 – SEPA’s power to obtain information about land

   6. Part 6 – Powers of Entry and Compensation

      1. Section 79 – Powers of entry

      2. Section 80 – Warrants authorising entry

      3. Section 81 – Powers of entry:  supplementary

      4. Section 82 – Compensation

      5. Section 83 – Compensation: supplementary

   7. Part 7 – Reservoirs

      1. Section 84 – SEPA to be enforcement authority under the Reservoirs Act 1975

      2. Section 85 – Transitional arrangements

      3. Section 86 – Service of documents

      4. Section 87 – Extension of enforcement authority’s reserve powers

      5. Section 88 – Incident reporting

      6. Section 89 - Flood Plans

      7. Section 90 – Reservoirs Act 1975: Crown application

   8. Part 8 – General

      1. Section 91 – Crown application

      2. Section 92 – Offences by bodies corporate etc.

      3. Section 93 – Ancillary provision

      4. Section 94 – Orders and regulations

      5. Section 95 – Interpretation: general

      6. Section 96 – Minor and consequential modifications

      7. Section 97 – Commencement and short title

6. The Act – Schedules

   1. Schedule 1 – Matters to Be Included in Flood Risk Management Plans

      1. Part 1 – Matters to be included in every plan

      2. Part 2 – Components of the subsequent update of flood risk management plans

   2. Schedule 2 – Flood Protection Schemes: Procedure Etc.

      1. Paragraph 1 – Notification

      2. Paragraph 2 – Public inspection of scheme proposal

      3. Paragraph 3 – Objections

      4. Paragraph 4 – Decision where no valid objections received

      5. Paragraph 5 – Preliminary decision following objections

      6. Paragraph 6 – Ministerial call-in

      7. Paragraph 7 – Ministerial consideration of proposed scheme

      8. Paragraph 8 – Local authority hearing to consider proposed scheme

      9. Paragraph 9 – Final decision following preliminary decision

      10. Paragraph 10 – Notice of final decision

      11. Paragraph 11 – Commencement of scheme

      12. Paragraph 12 – Appeals

      13. Paragraph 13 – Assessment of environmental effects

      14. Paragraph 14 – Further provision

   3. Schedule 3 – Minor and Consequential Modifications

   4. Schedule 4 – Index

7. Parliamentary History