8(1)Section 137 (special drainage charges in the interests of agriculture) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1) (power of Environment Agency and Natural Resources Body for Wales to devise scheme for drainage works in the interests of agriculture), for “the area of any regional flood defence committee” there is substituted “ any flood risk management region ”.
(3)In subsection (3) (scheme to designate land for special drainage charge), for “the area of the regional flood defence committee” there is substituted “ the flood risk management region ”.