The Flood Risk Management (Designated Responsible Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2013

Made: 5th November 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 7th November 2013

Coming into force: 21st December 2013

In accordance with section 5(2) of that Act, they have consulted SEPA, every responsible authority, the public bodies and office-holders who will be responsible authorities by virtue of this Order, and such other persons as they consider appropriate.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Flood Risk Management (Designated Responsible Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on 21st December 2013.

Designated responsible authorities

2

The following public bodies and office-holders are designated for the purposes of section 5(1)(c) of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009—

• (a) the Cairngorms National Park Authority;

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (c) the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority.

Signed

PAUL WHEELHOUSE — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 5th November 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order designates as ‘responsible authorities’ for the purposes of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the Act”), the following public bodies and office-holders—

• the Cairngorms National Park Authority,

• The Forestry Commissioners, and

• the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority.

For the purposes of the Act, each responsible authority must, among other things, exercise their flood risk related functions (in or as regards Scotland) with a view to reducing overall flood risk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2009 asp 6.

Editorial notes

[^key-78c9ff224ef1cbf0195877838b33ea4f]: Art. 1 in force at 21.12.2013, see art. 1

[^key-91a69f44d520c4696dfc81ea1201f5ab]: Art. 2 in force at 21.12.2013, see art. 1

[^key-264989c3732f706851e05843acf8fa58]: Art. 2(b) omitted (18.3.2021) by virtue of The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/44), regs. 1(1), 8(2)