{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-risk-management-scotland-act-2009/section-21",
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  "legislation": "asp/2009/6",
  "legislation_title": "Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-risk-management-scotland-act-2009",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "SEPA to prepare flood hazard maps and flood risk maps",
  "text": "(1) SEPA must prepare flood hazard maps and flood risk maps in accordance with this section and sections 22 and 23.\n(2) Flood hazard maps and flood risk maps must be prepared—\n(a) by 22nd December 2013,\n(b) for the potentially vulnerable areas in each flood risk management district,\n(c) at the appropriate scale, and\n(d) so as to secure that the maps for the district (taken together) cover all such areas.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 21 in force at 26.11.2009 by S.S.I. 2009/393, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/6/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:38.939244+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."
}