[165 General powers to carry out works]
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

Flood defence and drainage works

[165  General powers to carry out works]

[(1)     The [appropriate agency] may—

(a)     carry out flood risk management work within subsection (1D)(a) to (f) if Conditions 1 and 2 are satisfied;

(b)     carry out flood risk management work within subsection (1D)(g) or (h) if Condition 1 is satisfied.

(1A)     Condition 1 is that the [appropriate agency] considers the work desirable having regard to the national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategies under sections 7 and 8 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.

(1B)     Condition 2 is that the purpose of the work is to manage a flood risk (within the meaning of that Act) from—

(a)     the sea, or

(b)     a main river.

(1C)     In subsection (1B)(b) the reference to a main river includes a reference

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