Preliminary flood risk assessments: Environment Agency
31.—(1) Regulation 9(1)(b) does not apply to the Environment Agency in relation to a river basin district if before 22nd December 2010—
(a)the Agency carries out an assessment (whether or not the assessment complies with the requirements of Part 2) of the flood risk in the district from—
(i)the sea,
(ii)main rivers, and
(iii)reservoirs, and
(b)having regard to that assessment, the Agency considers that there is a significant flood risk in the district.
(2) Where paragraph (1) applies—
(a)the Agency must prepare a preliminary assessment report for the river basin district before 22nd December 2017,
(b)the first review of the preliminary assessment report must be carried out no more than 6 years after the date on which the documents are published, and
(c)regulations 15(2) and 16(3) do not apply in relation to the first preliminary assessment report to be prepared by the Agency for the relevant river basin district.
(3) This regulation ceases to apply in relation to a river basin district on completion of the first review of the preliminary assessment map prepared by the Agency for the area.