SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Risk Management: Amendment of Other Acts

Water Resources Act 1991 E+W

45 E+W In section 159 (powers to lay pipes in streets) after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) The Agency may carry out work within subsection (1)(a) to (c) if—

(a) it thinks the work desirable having regard to the national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategies under sections 7 and 8 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, and

(b) the purpose of the work is to manage a flood risk (within the meaning of that Act) from (i) the sea, or (ii) a main river.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 45 in force at 19.7.2011 for E. by S.I. 2011/1770, art. 3(f)

I2 Sch. 2 para. 45 in force at 1.10.2011 for W. by S.I. 2011/2204, art. 3(2)(d)