{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
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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/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The responsible authority may by notice given to the owner—\n(a) consent to specified alterations, or alterations of a specified kind, to a designated structure or feature;\n(b) vary or withdraw consent under paragraph (a) (but not retrospectively).\n(2) The responsible authority may by notice given to the owner consent to the removal or replacement of a designated structure or feature.\n(3) The authority may give notice under sub-paragraph (1) or (2)—\n(a) on the application of the owner, or\n(b) if it otherwise thinks it appropriate.\n(4) Consent may be—\n(a) general or specific;\n(b) absolute or conditional.\n(4A) Before exercising a function under this paragraph in relation to an alteration, removal or replacement which may affect a flood or coastal erosion risk in Wales, the Environment Agency must consult the Natural Resources Body for Wales.\n(4B) Before exercising a function under this paragraph in relation to an alteration, removal or replacement which may affect a flood or coastal erosion risk in England, the Natural Resources Body for Wales must consult the Environment Agency.\n(5) The responsible authority may refuse to give consent applied for under sub-paragraph (3)(a) only on the ground that, in the authority's opinion, the proposed alteration, removal or replacement would affect a flood risk or a coastal erosion risk.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 6(4A)(4B) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 466(3) (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 6 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/6",
    "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."
}