PART 7 Transitional provisions

31 Transitional Committees
1 On the coming into force of these Regulations, a regional flood defence committee established under the 1995 Act for a specified area and in existence on 31st March 2011 (“old Committee”) continues in existence as if it were established as a Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for a region covering the same area (“transitional Committee”).
2 Subject to regulation 35 (Isles of Scilly)—
(a) the specified area of an old Committee is taken to be the region of the transitional Committee; and
(b) the constituent councils of an old Committee are taken to be the constituent authorities of the transitional Committee.
3 Despite the requirement under section 23(1) of the 2010 Act to consult a Regional Flood and Coastal Committee, the Agency may exercise its flood and coastal erosion risk management functions in the region of a transitional Committee before 1st July 2011 without consulting the transitional Committee.
4 A transitional Committee may consent to the implementation of the regional programme for its region under section 23(2) of the 2010 Act, but the Agency may implement the regional programme before 1st July 2011 without that consent.
5 If the requirement for an old Committee to give special consent to the issue of a levy under regulations made under section 74 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 for its specified area for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2011 is not given by that date, that requirement is satisfied if the transitional Committee consents to the issue of a levy for its region for that financial year.
See the Environment Agency (Levies) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/61). “Special consent” has the meaning given in section 46(7) of the Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70). Sections 45 to 47 of that Act were repealed by section 3 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 3 to, the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (1991 c. 60) but, by virtue of paragraph 2(5) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act, their repeal does not affect the operation of those sections so far as they have effect under any subordinate legislation made under the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41) and section 149 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) for the purpose of or in connection with the issue of levies by the Environment Agency. Sections 46 and 47 of the Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70) have effect under the Environment Agency (Levies) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/61).
6 A transitional Committee may consent to the spending of revenue under section 118 of the 1991 Act in its region in the financial year beginning with 1st April 2011.