23Consultation and consentE+W
(1)The [F1appropriate agency] must—
(a)consult each Regional Flood and Coastal Committee about the way in which the [F2appropriate agency] proposes to carry out its flood and coastal erosion risk management functions in relation to the Committee's region, and
(b)take into account any representations (whether made in response to a consultation or otherwise) made by the Committee about the exercise of the [F3appropriate agency's] flood and coastal erosion risk management functions in that region.
(2)The [F4appropriate agency] may not implement the regional programme without the consent of the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for the region concerned.
(3)The [F4appropriate agency] may not issue a levy under section 17 to a lead local flood authority without the consent of the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for the region concerned.
(4)The [F4appropriate agency] may not spend revenue under section 118 of the Water Resources Act 1991 without the consent of the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for the region in which the revenue is raised.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 23(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 461(2)(a) (with Sch. 7)
F2Words in s. 23(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 461(2)(b) (with Sch. 7)
F3Words in s. 23(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 461(2)(c) (with Sch. 7)
F4Words in s. 23(2)-(4) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 461(3) (with Sch. 7)
Commencement Information
I1S. 23 in force at 1.4.2011 by S.I. 2011/694, art. 3(c)