http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/29/section/48Flood and Water Management Act 2010An Act to make provision about water, including provision about the management of risks in connection with flooding and coastal erosion.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-12-18Expert Participation2025-12-15 Part 3 481In this section “subordinate legislation” means regulations and orders under this Act.2Subordinate legislation—amay apply generally or only for specified purposes,bmay make different provision for different purposes, andcmay include incidental, consequential or transitional provision.3Subordinate legislation shall be made by statutory instrument.4Subordinate legislation made by the Secretary of State shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.5Subordinate legislation made by the Welsh Ministers shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.6But subsections (4) and (5) do not apply—awhere an alternative procedure is expressly provided, orbto orders under section 49.