Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 2204 (C. 80)

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

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

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 2010( 1 ),

(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.

Citation

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

Interpretation

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

Provisions coming into force on 1st October 2011

3. —(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;

(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 1975( 2 );

(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 1949( 3 ));

(d) paragraphs 45 to 47 and 49 of Schedule 2 (amendment of the Water Resources Act 1991( 5 )).

Provisions coming into force on 1st November 2011

4. 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);

Transitional provisions

5. —(1) Despite the amendments made by paragraphs 1 to 24 of Schedule 2 to the 2010 Act, the provisions of the Coast Protection Act 1949( 6 ) 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 1991( 7 ) 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.

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

( 1 )

( 2 )

( 3 )

( 4 )

( 5 )

( 6 )

1949 c. 74 . The provisions of the Coast Protection Act 1949 affected by paragraphs 1 to 24 of Schedule 2 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 have been previously amended by the Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38) , the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23) , the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) , the Local Land Charges Act 1975 (c. 76) , the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65) , the Southern Water Authority Act 1980, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) , the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) , the Water Act 1989 (c. 15) , the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42) , the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) , the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23) and S.I. 1955/554 , 1985/442 , 1991/1730 , 1996/593 , 1999/1820 and 2009/1307 . The functions conferred on the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ). Those functions are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) .

( 7 )

1991 c. 59 . Section 17 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) , section 120 and Schedule 22, paragraph 191.

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Defined Term	Section/Article	ID
coast protection work	art. 5.	coast_prot_rtXvLWE
local authority	art. 5.	local_auth_rt7N884
the 2010 Act	art. 2.	the_2010_A_rtMGOeX