SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2E+WRisk Management: Amendment of Other Acts

Valid from 01/04/2011

Water Resources Act 1991E+W

Valid from 19/07/2011

46E+WIn section 160 (power to lay pipes in other land) 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.