Environmental Protection PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Citation, commencement and extent 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Flood” 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Risk” 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Main river” and “reservoir” 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “River basin district” 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Cross border areas” 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Cross Border Map” 5B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Minister” 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Lead local flood authority” 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Water Environment Regulations” 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “River basin management plan” 8A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ Scottish Act ” 8B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Appropriate agency” 8C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 PRELIMINARY FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS Duty to prepare preliminary assessment maps and reports: appropriate agency 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to prepare preliminary assessment reports: lead local flood authorities 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preliminary assessment maps 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preliminary assessment reports 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to identify flood risk areas: appropriate agency 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to identify flood risk areas: lead local flood authorities 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to identify flood risk areas: English cross border areas 14A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publication 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review: appropriate agency 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review: lead local flood authorities 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review: Secretary of State and Scottish Ministers 17A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 FLOOD HAZARD MAPS AND FLOOD RISK MAPS Duty to prepare flood hazard maps and flood risk maps: appropriate agency 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to prepare flood hazard maps and flood risk maps: lead local flood authorities 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flood hazard maps 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flood risk maps 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publication 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review: appropriate agency 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review: lead local flood authorities 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS Duty to prepare flood risk management plans: appropriate agency 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to prepare flood risk management plans: lead local flood authorities 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flood risk management plans 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publication 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review: appropriate agency 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review: lead local flood authorities 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 EXCEPTIONS Preliminary flood risk assessments: Environment Agency 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 2: appropriate agency 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preliminary flood risk assessment: lead local flood authorities 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 2: lead local flood authorities 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 CO-OPERATION Duty to co-operate 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power to require information 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 NORTHUMBRIA AND SOLWAY TWEED RIVER BASIN DISTRICTS Northumbria River Basin District 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cross Border Advisory Group 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advice from the Cross Border Advisory Group 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cross border areas: exercise of functions 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .