Part 3Flood risk assessment, maps and plans
Artificial structures and natural features: mapping and assessment
19SEPA to prepare maps of artificial structures and natural features
1
SEPA must, for each flood risk management district, prepare a map—
a
showing artificial structures and natural features in the flood risk management district the removal of which SEPA considers would significantly increase the risk of flooding from a body of surface water,
b
indicating, in relation to each structure or feature, whether it was constructed or altered under section 56 of this Act or section 2 of the 1961 Act, and
c
containing such other information as the Scottish Ministers may specify in regulations.
2
Each map must be prepared—
a
by such date as the Scottish Ministers may direct,
b
at the appropriate scale, and
c
in such form as the Scottish Ministers may specify in regulations.
3
SEPA must, from time to time, review and where appropriate update the map prepared under this section for each flood risk management district.
4
Before preparing or updating a map under this section, SEPA must consult every local authority whose area (or part of whose area) is in the flood risk management district to which the map relates.
5
SEPA must make available for public inspection the map prepared or updated under this section for the time being applicable to each flood risk management district.