# The Flood Risk Regulations 2009 (revoked) S.I. 2009/3042 · made 13 November 2009 · revised to 1 January 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/flood-risk-regulations-2009-revoked/pdf/uksi_20093042_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/flood-risk-regulations-2009-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20093042_en.pdf ## Introductory text Environmental Protection Made 13th November 2009 Laid before Parliament 19th November 2009 Coming into force 10th December 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 “Flood” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 “Risk” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 “Main river” and “reservoir” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 “River basin district” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5A “Cross border areas” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5B “Cross Border Map” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 “Minister” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 “Lead local flood authority” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 “Water Environment Regulations” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8A “River basin management plan” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8B “Scottish Act” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8C “Appropriate agency” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: PRELIMINARY FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS ## 9 Duty to prepare preliminary assessment maps and reports: appropriate agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Duty to prepare preliminary assessment reports: lead local flood authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Preliminary assessment maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Preliminary assessment reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Duty to identify flood risk areas: appropriate agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Duty to identify flood risk areas: lead local flood authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14A Duty to identify flood risk areas: English cross border areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Review: appropriate agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Review: lead local flood authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17A Review: Secretary of State and Scottish Ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: FLOOD HAZARD MAPS AND FLOOD RISK MAPS ## 18 Duty to prepare flood hazard maps and flood risk maps: appropriate agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Duty to prepare flood hazard maps and flood risk maps: lead local flood authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Flood hazard maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Flood risk maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Review: appropriate agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Review: lead local flood authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS ## 25 Duty to prepare flood risk management plans: appropriate agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Duty to prepare flood risk management plans: lead local flood authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Flood risk management plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Review: appropriate agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Review: lead local flood authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: EXCEPTIONS ## 31 Preliminary flood risk assessments: Environment Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Part 2: appropriate agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Preliminary flood risk assessment: lead local flood authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Part 2: lead local flood authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: CO-OPERATION ## 35 Duty to co-operate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Power to require information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: NORTHUMBRIA AND SOLWAY TWEED RIVER BASIN DISTRICTS ## 37 Northumbria River Basin District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Cross Border Advisory Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Advice from the Cross Border Advisory Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Cross border areas: exercise of functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3042 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/flood-risk-regulations-2009-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.