[14A General powers: flood risk management works]
Land Drainage Act 1991 (1991 c 59) | Legislation

[14A  General powers: flood risk management works]

[(1)     A lead local flood authority may carry out flood risk management work if Conditions 1 and 2 are satisfied.

(2)     An authority listed in subsection (3) may carry out flood risk management work if—

(a)     Conditions 1 and 3 are satisfied, or

(b)     Conditions 1 and 4 are satisfied.

(3)     The authorities are—

(a)     an internal drainage board,

(b)     a district council, and

(c)     a lead local flood authority for an area for which there is no district council.

(4)     Condition 1 is that the authority considers the work desirable having regard to the local flood risk management strategy for its area

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