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Section 9FH: Overview and scrutiny committees: flood risk management

Local Government Act 2000 · 2000 c. 22View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1A: Arrangements with respect to local authority governance in England — CHAPTER 2: Executive arrangements

This section applies to a local authority that operates executive arrangements and that is a lead local flood authority.

The arrangements required under section 9F(2) include arrangements to review and scrutinise the exercise by risk management authorities of flood risk management functions or coastal erosion risk management functions which may affect the local authority's area.

A risk management authority must comply with a request made by an overview and scrutiny committee, in the course of arrangements under subsection (2), for—

information;
a response to a report.

The Secretary of State may make regulations about the duty under subsection (3) which may, in particular, include provision—

about the procedure to be followed in relation to requests and compliance with them,
about notices to be served in relation to requests,
for exemptions from the duty,
requiring persons to attend to give information orally,
about the nature of the information and responses that may be requested, and
about the publication of requests, information and responses.

A risk management authority must have regard to reports and recommendations of an overview and scrutiny committee made in the course of arrangements under subsection (2).

Regulations under section 123 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 may make provision about the application of this section in relation to joint overview and scrutiny committees.

Expressions used in this section have the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.

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