Paragraph 12

Section 49(1) is amended as follows.

In the appropriate places insert the following definitions—

““appropriate agency” means—

(a)

the Environment Agency in relation to work in England;

(b)

the Natural Resources Body for Wales in relation to work in Wales;”;

““England” includes the territorial sea adjacent to England not forming any part of Wales;”;

““Wales” has the meaning given by section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006;”.

In the definition of “drainage authority”, for the words from “means” to “or” substitute “ means the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales or ”.