Water Act 2014

7 (1) Section 135 (amount, assessment etc of general drainage charge) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1) (charge to be at a uniform rate per hectare of chargeable land)—

(a) for “a local flood defence district” there is substituted “ a flood risk management region ”;

(b) for “that district” there is substituted “ that region ”.

(3) In subsection (3) (calculation), in paragraph (b), for “the local flood defence district” there is substituted “ the flood risk management region ”.

(4) In subsection (4) (provision that may be made by a single order)—

(a) in paragraph (b), for “one or more local flood defence districts” there is substituted “ one or more flood risk management regions ”;

(b) in the words following paragraph (b)—

(i) for “more than one local flood defence district” there is substituted “ more than one flood risk management region ”;

(ii) for “districts” there is substituted “ flood risk management regions ”.