# Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009, Section 3: “Flood” and “flood risk”


In this Act—
“flood” means the temporary covering by water from any source of land not normally covered by water, but does not include a flood solely from a sewerage system (and related expressions such as “flooding” are to be construed accordingly),
“flood risk” means the combination of the probability of a flood and of the potential adverse consequences, associated with a flood, for human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity,
“flood solely from a sewerage system” means the temporary covering of land by sewage caused solely by a failure in or blockage of a sewerage system which is not connected with any loading on the system by external hydraulic factors (for example by heavier than usual rainfall or higher than usual river levels).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/6/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/flood-risk-management-scotland-act-2009/section-3
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