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Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 1102

Environmental Protection

The Flood Risk (Cross Border Areas) Regulations 2010

Made

29th March 2010

Laid before Parliament

31st March 2010

Coming into force

30th April 2010

The Secretary of State is designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the environment.

The Secretary of State makes the following regulations under the powers conferred by that section.

Citation, commencement and extentE+W+S

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Flood Risk (Cross Border Areas) Regulations 2010.

(2) They come into force on 30th April 2010.

(3) They extend to Great Britain.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in force at 30.4.2010, see reg. 1(2)

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Amendment of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009E+W+S

26.  The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009(3) is amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 26 in force at 30.4.2010, see reg. 1(2)

27.  Section 12 (Flood risk assessments: availability for public inspection) is renumbered as section 12(1) and after that subsection insert—

“(2) In relation to a Scottish cross border area subsection (1) applies as if the reference to the flood risk assessment includes the preliminary assessment map and preliminary assessment reports prepared by the Environment Agency and the lead local flood authority under regulations 9 and 10 of the Flood Risk Regulations for an adjacent English cross border area.”.

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I3Reg. 27 in force at 30.4.2010, see reg. 1(2)

28.  In section 13 (SEPA to identify potentially vulnerable areas and local plan districts) insert after subsection (10)—

“(11) In relation to a Scottish cross border area, this section has effect as if each reference to the Scottish Ministers is a reference to the Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State acting jointly.”.

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 28 in force at 30.4.2010, see reg. 1(2)

29.  In section 14 (Potentially vulnerable areas and local plan districts: review) insert after subsection (4)—

“(5) In relation to a Scottish cross border area, this section has effect as if each reference to the Scottish Ministers is a reference to the Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State acting jointly.”.

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 29 in force at 30.4.2010, see reg. 1(2)

30.  Section 25 (Flood hazard maps and flood risk maps: availability for public inspection) is renumbered as section 25(1) and after that subsection insert—

“(2) In relation to a Scottish cross border area subsection (1) applies as if the reference to the flood hazard map and flood risk map includes the maps prepared by the Environment Agency and the lead local flood authority under regulation 18 and 19 of the Flood Risk Regulations for an adjacent English cross border area.”.

Commencement Information

I6Reg. 30 in force at 30.4.2010, see reg. 1(2)

31.  In section 30 (Flood risk management plans: publicity of drafts etc. and consultation) insert after subsection (8)—

“(9) In relation to a Scottish cross border area, a statement under subsection (1) and a draft under subsection (2) is to be published by SEPA and the Environment Agency acting jointly.”.

Commencement Information

I7Reg. 31 in force at 30.4.2010, see reg. 1(2)

32.  In section 32 (Flood risk management plans: approval and publication) insert after subsection (6)—

“(7) In relation to a Scottish cross border area, subsection (5) applies as if the duties on SEPA in relation to the plan in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) included similar duties in relation to the flood risk management plans prepared by the Environment Agency and the lead local flood authority under regulations 25 and 26 of the Flood Risk Regulations for an adjacent English cross border area.”.

Commencement Information

I8Reg. 32 in force at 30.4.2010, see reg. 1(2)

33.  After section 50 (Sub-district flood risk advisory groups) insert—

Cross border areas

50A.—(1)  When exercising the functions listed in subsection (2) in relation to a Scottish cross border area, the authority exercising the function must have regard to—

(a)the impact on flood risk in an adjacent English cross border area of actions and inactions in the Scottish cross border area,

(b)the impact on flood risk in the Scottish cross border area of actions and inactions in an adjacent English cross border area,

(c)documents produced under Parts 2, 3 and 4 of the Flood Risk Regulations in relation to an adjacent English cross border area, and

(d)the advice given by the Cross Border Advisory Group under regulation 39 of the Flood Risk Regulations.

(2) The functions are those contained in—

(a)section 9(1),

(b)section 10(1),

(c)section 13(1),

(d)section 14(1),

(e)section 21(1),

(f)section 24(1),

(g)section 27(1),

(h)section 33(1), and

(i)section 34(1).

(3) SEPA and each lead authority must—

(a)co-operate with any English flood authority for the purpose of assisting that authority to exercise its functions under the Flood Risk Regulations in relation to an English cross border area, and

(b)co-ordinate the exercise of its functions which relate to a Scottish cross border area with an English flood authority so as to take into account the risk of flooding in an adjacent English cross border area.

(4) In this section “English flood authority” means—

(a)the Environment Agency,

(b)a lead local flood authority within the meaning of the Flood Risk Regulations whose area falls wholly or partly in an English cross border area.”.

Commencement Information

I9Reg. 33 in force at 30.4.2010, see reg. 1(2)

34.  In section 55 (Interpretation of Part 3)—

(a)omit “, river basin”, and

(b)insert the following definitions at the appropriate place—

““English cross border area” has the same meaning as in regulation 5A of the Flood Risk Regulations,”,

““Flood Risk Regulations” means the Flood Risk Regulations 2009(4),”,

““river basin” has the same meaning as in section 28(1) of the 2003 Act except that, in the case of a river basin which is partly in Scotland and partly in England, it means the part of that basin which is in Scotland,”, and

““Scottish cross border area” means a flood risk management district which comprises of, or includes, the Scottish part of a river basin (within the meaning of section 28(1) of the 2003 Act) which is partly in Scotland and partly in England,”.

Commencement Information

I10Reg. 34 in force at 30.4.2010, see reg. 1(2)

Huw Irranca-Davies

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

29th March 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations amend the Flood Risk Regulations 2009 and the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009, both of which transpose Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment and management of flood risks(5).

Regulations 2 to 25 make a series of amendments to the Flood Risk Regulations to make special provision for the English part of river basins which are partly in England and partly in Scotland, and which are defined as “English cross border areas” in new regulation 5A of the 2009 regulations. They also establish a Cross Border Advisory Group to provide advice on how functions should be exercised in relation to cross border areas.

Regulations 26 to 34 make a series of amendments to the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 to make special provision for the Scottish part of river basins which are partly in England and partly in Scotland, and which are defined as “Scottish cross border areas” in the amended section 55 of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009.

An impact assessment and transposition note have been prepared and are available on the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk.

(1)

See the European Communities (Designation) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/301).

(2)

1972 c. 68. Section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) provides that despite the transfer to the Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to observing and implementing obligations under Community law by virtue of that Act, any function of a Minister of the Crown continues to be exercisable as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

(5)

OJ No. L288, 6.11.2007, p. 27.