SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Risk Management: Amendment of Other Acts

Land Drainage Act 1991

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1

Section 21 (enforcement of obligations to repair watercourses and bridges) is amended as follows.

2

For subsection (6)(b) substitute—

b

in relation to any watercourse, bridge or drainage works in an area outside an internal drainage district, are references to the lead local flood authority for the area.

3

After subsection (6) add—

7

Lead local flood authority” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.