SCHEDULE 10Amendments relating to Regional Flood and Coastal Committees
Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)
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(1)
Section 138 (levying and amount of special drainage charge) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (3) (regional flood defence committee to determine the uniform amount), for “the regional flood defence committee for the area” there is substituted “
the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for the flood risk management region within which is the area
”
.
(3)
In subsection (5) (provision that may be made by a single order)—
(a)
in paragraph (b), for “such areas of regional flood defence committees” there is substituted “
areas within such flood risk management regions
”
;
(b)
in the words following paragraph (c)—
(i)
for “more than one area of a regional flood defence committee” there is substituted “
areas within more than one flood risk management region
”
;
(ii)
for “different areas” there is substituted “
different flood risk management regions
”
.