Amendment of the Flood Risk Regulations 2009
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4. For regulation 5 (“River basin district”) substitute—
““River basin district”
5. “River basin district” means—
(a)a river basin district (within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Water Environment Regulations) which is entirely within England and Wales,
(b)the Northumbria River Basin District referred to in regulation 37, and
(c)an area so identified on the Cross Border Map consisting of either—
(i)a river basin in England, or
(ii)an English cross border area.
“Cross border areas”
5A.—(1) “English cross border area” means an area so identified on the Cross Border Map consisting, in relation to a river basin which is partly in England and partly in Scotland, of the part of that basin which is in England.
(2) “Scottish cross border area” has the same meaning as in the Scottish Act.
“Cross Border Map”
5B. “Cross Border Map” means the map which is—
(a)recorded electronically,
(b)entitled “Cross Border River Basins Map (England and Scotland) 2010”, and
(c)deposited in the principal library of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.”.