Flood prevention
3 Duty of local authorities to publish reports.
After section 6 of the 1961 Act there shall be inserted the following section—
Reports
6A Duty of local authorities to publish reports.
1
Every local authority shall, within the period of six months commencing with the date on which this section comes into force, prepare and publish a report specifying the measures which they consider that they require to take to prevent or mitigate the flooding of land in their area.
2
Not more than two years after a local authority have published the report referred to in subsection (1) above, and at intervals of not more than two years thereafter, they shall prepare and publish a report specifying—
a
the measures which they consider that they require to take to prevent or mitigate the flooding of land in their area;
b
the measures which they have taken since the date of publication of their previous report to prevent or mitigate the flooding of such land; and
c
all occurrences of flooding of such land since that date.
3
The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament alter the periods mentioned in subsection (2) above.
4
In this section “land” means land other than agricultural land.