# The Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, Regulation 21: Flood risk management plans: review

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Department shall—
(a) by 22nd December 2021 review and, if necessary, update each flood risk management plan prepared under regulation 16; and
(b) by the end of the period of 6 years beginning with that date, and each subsequent period of 6 years, review and, if necessary, update the latest flood risk management plan updated under this regulation.
(2) An updated plan shall include (in addition to the matters required to be included by regulation 16(6)) the matters specified in Part 2 of Schedule 3.
(3) The Department shall take into account in any review under this regulation the likely impact of climate change on the occurrence of floods.
(4) Regulations 16(2) to (8) and 17 to 20 apply in relation to the preparation of an updated flood risk management plan.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/376/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-floods-directive-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-21
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