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Regulation 4 Definition of “flood”

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(1)

For the purposes of sections 64 to 69 of the Act, “flood” means water, from any source external to a building, which enters a building—

(a)
(i)

at or below ground level; or

(ii)

above ground level, provided that part of the body of such water is at ground level;

and

(b)

does so with a volume, weight or force which is substantial and abnormal.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the following do not constitute a flood—

(a)

the gradual seepage or percolation of water into a building (such as rising damp);

(b)

water escaping from a water main, drain, sewer, pipe or other thing inside a building, unless such escape was solely the consequence of a flood falling within paragraph (1).