Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. 6 heading substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 274(e) (with Sch. 7)
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, the [F2appropriate agency] may raise at an amount per hectare of chargeable land in [F3a flood risk management region] a charge to be known as a general drainage charge and to be levied in accordance with sections 135 and 136 below.
(2)The [F4Agency] shall not levy a general drainage charge in respect of [F5any flood risk management region] unless [F6the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for that region] have recommended that such a charge should be raised.
F7(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F2Words in ss. 120-143 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 276 (with Sch. 7)
F3Words in s. 134(1) substituted (14.7.2014) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(2)(r), Sch. 10 para. 6(2)
F4Word in s. 134(2) substituted (14.7.2017) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 88(3)(c), Sch. 2 para. 20(3); S.I. 2017/714, art. 2
F5Words in s. 134(2) substituted (14.7.2014) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(2)(r), Sch. 10 para. 6(3)(a)
F6Words in s. 134(2) substituted (14.7.2014) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(2)(r), Sch. 10 para. 6(3)(b)
F7S. 134(3) repealed (14.7.2014) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(2)(r), Sch. 10 para. 6(4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 134 restricted (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 2(2), 4(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 2(2)