Prevention of Floods Act (CAP. 235). Country/Territory Barbados Document type Legislation Date 1951 (1998) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Barbados, pp. 1-10. Long titleAn Act to make provision for the execution of works necessary to prevent and control flooding and inundations caused by excessive rains and by high tides and by reason of the low level of various places, causing inconvenience to persons and injury to health and property and to authorise the Minister to take all reasonable steps in connection therewith. Subject Land & soil, Water Keyword Expropriation Coastal zone management Flood Waterworks Policy/planning Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act makes provision for measures for the prevention of floods in Barbados. The Minister may by Order declare any area to be a flood area. The Chief Technical Officer may from time to time prepare plans for the approval of the Minister for the execution of flood works in any flood area, having regard to the coastal zone management plan referred to under the Coastal Zone Management Act. When the plans have been approved, written notice thereof shall be given to any person whose land, premises, plants, trees or growing crops may be affected by such flood works. The Act further specifies powers of the Chief Technical Officer to carry out flood works or to order the carrying out of works. Land may be compulsorily acquired in accordance with the Land Acquisition Act. Full text English Website www.caricomlaw.org