S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2009 No. 3042 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Flood Risk Regulations 2009 Made - - - - 13th November 2009 Laid before Parliament 19th November 2009 Coming into force - - 10th December 2009 The Secretary of State is designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to the environment. The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations under the powers conferred by that section. PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Citation, commencement and extent 1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Flood Risk Regulations 2009. (2) They come into force on 10th December 2009. (3) A duty imposed under these regulations to prepare or publish a document may be satisfied by having prepared or published a document before these regulations came into force. (4) Subject to paragraph (5) these regulations extend to England and Wales only. (5) This regulation and regulation 37 also extend to Scotland. “Flood” 2.—(1) “Flood” i...