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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/29",
  "legislation_title": "Flood and Water Management Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the following conditions are satisfied, a designating authority may designate for the purposes of this Schedule—\n(a) a structure, or\n(b) a natural or man-made feature of the environment.\n(2) Condition 1 is that the designating authority thinks the existence or location of the structure or feature affects—\n(a) a flood risk, or\n(b) a coastal erosion risk.\n(3) Condition 2 is that the designating authority has flood or coastal erosion risk management functions in respect of the risk which is affected.\n(4) Condition 3 is that the structure or feature is not designated by another authority for the purposes of this Schedule.\n(5) Condition 4 is that the owner of the structure or feature is not a designating authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 1.8.2012 by S.I. 2012/2000, art. 2(b)"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/29/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:54.061019+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}