{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/29",
  "legislation_title": "Flood and Water Management Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Reports about flood and coastal erosion risk management",
  "text": "(1) The Environment Agency must report to the Minister about flood and coastal erosion risk managementin England.\n(1A) The Natural Resources Body for Wales must report to the Minister about flood and coastal erosion risk management in Wales.\n(2) In particular, the report must include information about the application of the national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategies under sections 7 and 8.\n(3) The Minister may make regulations about—\n(a) the times or intervals at which a report must be made, and\n(b) the content of a report.\n(4) In this section “the Minister” means—\n(a) the Secretary of State in relation to flood and coastal erosion risk management in England, and\n(b) the Welsh Ministers in relation to flood and coastal erosion risk management in Wales.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 18(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 459(2) (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 18(1A) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 459(3) (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 18 heading substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 459(4) (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 18 in force at 19.7.2011 for E. by S.I. 2011/1770, art. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 18 in force at 1.11.2011 for W. by S.I. 2011/2204, art. 4(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/29/section/18",
    "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."
}