# Water Act 2014, Paragraph 7


(1) Section 135 (amount, assessment etc of general drainage charge) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (charge to be at a uniform rate per hectare of chargeable land)—
(a) for “a local flood defence district” there is substituted “ a flood risk management region ”;
(b) for “that district” there is substituted “ that region ”.
(3) In subsection (3) (calculation), in paragraph (b), for “the local flood defence district” there is substituted “ the flood risk management region ”.
(4) In subsection (4) (provision that may be made by a single order)—
(a) in paragraph (b), for “one or more local flood defence districts” there is substituted “ one or more flood risk management regions ”;
(b) in the words following paragraph (b)—
(i) for “more than one local flood defence district” there is substituted “ more than one flood risk management region ”;
(ii) for “districts” there is substituted “ flood risk management regions ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/21/schedule/10/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2014/schedule-10/paragraph-7
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