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The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/2204 · Made 5 September 2011

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Coast Protection, England And Wales

Environmental Protection, England And Wales

Flood Risk Management, England And Wales

Water Industry, England And Wales

Water, England And Wales

Made 5th September 2011

This Order is made—

(a)

in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State—

(i)

by sections 48(2) and 49(3)(a) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010f1,

(ii)

by section 49(3)(d) of that Act, so far as section 44 of that Act relates to water or sewerage undertakers whose areas are wholly or mainly in England, and

(iii)

in relation to England, by section 49(3)(h) and (6) of that Act; and

(b)

in exercise of the powers conferred on the Welsh Ministers—

(i)

by section 48(2) of that Act,

(ii)

by section 49(3)(e) of that Act, so far as section 44 of that Act relates to water or sewerage undertakers whose areas are wholly or mainly in Wales, and

(iii)

in relation to Wales, by section 49(3)(i) and (6) of that Act.

The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers make the following Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2010 c. 29.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Provisions coming into force on 1stOctober 2011
  4. 4Provisions coming into force on 1stNovember 2011
  5. 5Transitional provisions
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011.

2Interpretation

In this Order, “the 2010 Act” means the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.

3Provisions coming into force on 1stOctober 2011

(1)

The following provisions of the 2010 Act come into force on 1st October 2011—

(a)

section 27 (sustainable development);

(b)

section 33 (reservoirs), so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 4 (reservoirs) commenced by this article;

(c)

section 44 (social tariffs);

(d)

paragraph 1 of Schedule 4;

(e)

paragraphs 2, 4, 7, 10, 12, 25, 27, 30, 32, 33 and 37 of Schedule 4, so far as the amendments made by those paragraphs provide power for the Minister, as defined in paragraph 42(1) of that Schedule, to make regulations or orders under the Reservoirs Act 1975f1;

(f)

paragraphs 22 and 31 of Schedule 4, so far as the amendments made by those paragraphs amend the power for the Minister, as defined in paragraph 42(1) of that Schedule, to make regulations or rules under the Reservoirs Act 1975;

(g)

paragraph 38 of Schedule 4 (regulations and orders);

(h)

paragraph 39 of Schedule 4 (charges);

(i)

paragraph 40 of Schedule 4 (power to make further provision);

(j)

paragraph 42 of Schedule 4 (Ministerial responsibility);

(k)

paragraph 43 of Schedule 4 (cross-border England-Scotland reservoirs).

(2)

The following provisions of the 2010 Act come into force on 1st October 2011 in relation to Wales only—

(a)

section 31 (amendment of other Acts), so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 2 commenced by this article;

(b)

paragraphs 1 to 24 of Schedule 2 (amendment of the Coast Protection Act 1949f2);

(c)

paragraphs 29, 30, 35, 36, 38 and 39 of Schedule 2 (amendment of the Land Drainage Act 1991f3);

(d)

paragraphs 45 to 47 and 49 of Schedule 2 (amendment of the Water Resources Act 1991f4).

4Provisions coming into force on 1stNovember 2011

The following provisions of the 2010 Act come into force on 1st November 2011—

(a)

section 11 (effect of national and local strategies: England) in relation to Wales only;

(b)

section 12 (effect of national and local strategies: Wales);

(c)

section 18 (Environment Agency: reports) in relation to Wales only.

5Transitional provisions

(1)

Despite the amendments made by paragraphs 1 to 24 of Schedule 2 to the 2010 Act, the provisions of the Coast Protection Act 1949f1 as in force immediately before 1st October 2011 in relation to Wales continue to apply to any coast protection work started in relation to Wales before that date.

(2)

Despite the amendment made by paragraph 30 of Schedule 2 to the 2010 Act, section 17 of the Land Drainage Act 1991f2 continues to apply to a local authority for an area in Wales unless the lead local flood authority for that area has published a summary of its local flood risk management strategy under section 10(7) of the 2010 Act.

(3)

In this article—

  • “coast protection work” has the meaning given in section 49(1) of the Coast Protection Act 1949 as in force immediately before 1st October 2011 in relation to Wales; and

  • “local authority” has the meaning given in section 72(1) of the Land Drainage Act 1991.

Signature

Richard Benyon

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

5th September 2011

John Griffiths

Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development

one of the Welsh Ministers

2nd September 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force provisions of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (“the Act”).

Article 3 specifies provisions of the Act that come into force on 1st October 2011. These include—

(a)

provision for the Minister to issue guidance about how authorities are to achieve sustainable development when exercising flood or coastal erosion risk management functions;

(b)

provision for the reduction and subsidisation of an undertaker’s charges in a scheme under section 143 of the Water Industry Act (c. 56);

(c)

provision for the Minister to make orders and regulations under the Reservoirs Act 1975 (c. 23).

The provisions in article 3(2) come into force on 1st October 2011 in relation to Wales only. These include provision for the commencement of amendments to the Coast Protection Act 1949 (c. 74), the Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59) and the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) in relation to Wales.

Article 4 specifies provisions of the Act that come into force on 1st November 2011. These include—

(a)

provisions about the effect of national and local strategies on Welsh risk management authorities; and

(b)

the requirement for the Environment Agency to report to the Welsh Ministers about flood and coastal erosion risk management in Wales.

Article 5 contains transitional provisions relating to the amendments to the Coast Protection Act 1949 and the Land Drainage Act 1991.

An impact assessment of the effect of the provisions commenced by this Order has not been produced as no impact on the private, voluntary or business sectors is foreseen.