12AAFlood plans: preparation

1

This section applies where an undertaker is directed to prepare a flood plan under section 12A.

2

The undertaker must prepare a flood plan in consultation with the appointed engineer.

3

The undertaker may not provide a copy of, or publish, a flood plan in accordance with a direction under section 12A(2)(d) or (e) unless the appointed engineer has certified that the requirements of a direction under section 12A(2)(a) and (b) are satisfied.

4

The undertaker must test a flood plan at such times and in such manner as may be directed by the appointed engineer.

5

In the event of flooding, or if flooding is reasonably expected to occur, the undertaker must implement the flood plan without delay.

6

The undertaker—

a

must keep a flood plan under review, and

b

may revise a flood plan.

7

The undertaker must revise the flood plan in accordance with the directions of the appointed engineer.

8

The following apply to a revision of a flood plan as they apply to a flood plan—

a

subsections (2) to (7), and

b

any requirements of a direction under section 12A.

9

In this section “appointed engineer” means—

a

in the case of a high-risk reservoir, the supervising engineer, and

b

in any other case, the engineer appointed for the purposes of this section.