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The Flood Risk Management (Designated Responsible Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2013

S.S.I. 2013/314 · Made 5 November 2013 · Extends to Scotland

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Environmental Protection

Flood Risk Management

Made 5th November 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 7th November 2013

Coming into force 21st December 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5(1)(c) of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009f1.

In accordance with section 5(2) of that Act, they have consulted SEPA, every responsible authority, the public bodies and office-holders who will be responsible authorities by virtue of this Order, and such other persons as they consider appropriate.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 asp 6.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Designated responsible authorities
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Flood Risk Management (Designated Responsible Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on 21st December 2013.

2Designated responsible authoritiesI1

The following public bodies and office-holders are designated for the purposes of section 5(1)(c) of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009—

(a)

the Cairngorms National Park Authority;

F1(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)

the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority.

Signature

PAUL WHEELHOUSE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

5th November 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates as ‘responsible authorities’ for the purposes of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the Act”), the following public bodies and office-holders—

  • the Cairngorms National Park Authority,

  • The Forestry Commissioners, and

  • the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority.

For the purposes of the Act, each responsible authority must, among other things, exercise their flood risk related functions (in or as regards Scotland) with a view to reducing overall flood risk.