Part 1Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management
1. Key concepts and definitions
4“Flood risk management function”
1
“Flood risk management function” means a function listed in subsection (2) which may be exercised by a risk management authority for a purpose connected with flood risk management.
2
The functions are—
a
a function under this Part,
b
a function under section 159 or 160 of the Water Resources Act 1991,
c
a flood defence function within the meaning of section 221 of that Act,
d
a function under the Land Drainage Act 1991,
e
a function under section 100, 101, 110 or 339 of the Highways Act 1980, and
f
any other function, under an enactment, specified for the purposes of this section by order made by the Minister.
3
In this section and section 5 “the Minister” means—
a
the Secretary of State in relation to flood and coastal erosion risk management in England, and
b
the Welsh Ministers in relation to flood and coastal erosion risk management in Wales.