Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. No. 376 of 2009). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Inland waters Policy/planning Flood Institution Monitoring Transboundary effects Basin/catchment/watershed Access-to-information Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations implement in Northern Ireland Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment and management of flood risks. The Regulations require each department, district council, water undertaker or sewerage undertaker and certain other public bodies to exercise their relevant statutory functions in compliance with the Directive and requires the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (which is the competent authority in Northern Ireland for the implementation of the Directive) to ensure that the implementation of the requirements of the Directive is coordinated. The Department shall, among other things: prepare a preliminary flood risk assessment for specified (transboundary) river basins; identify areas for which potential significant flood risks exist or might be considered likely to occur; prepare flood hazard maps and flood risk maps for such areas a flood risk management plan; and a flood risk management plan for each river basin district or a set of such plans coordinated at the level of a district. The Regulations also concern publication, review of plans and maps and public participation. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment and management of flood risks. Legislation | European Union | 2007 Keyword: Flood, Hazards, Coastal zone management, Access-to-information, Policy/planning, Cultural heritage, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.R. No. 32 of 2019). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2019 Keyword: Flood, Water supply, Sewerage Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Environment (Floods Directive) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. No. 196 of 2018). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018 Keyword: Inland waters, Flood Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Environment (Floods Directive) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. No. 137 of 2018). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018 Keyword: Inland waters, Flood Source: FAO, FAOLEX