The Environment Agency (Levies) (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
These Regulations provide for the issue of levies by the Environment Agency (“the Agency”) to lead local flood authorities under section 17(1) of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”) in respect of the Agency’s flood and coastal erosion risk management functions under the 2010 Act. Section 17(3) of the 2010 Act provides that the Agency is a levying body within the meaning of section 74 of the Local Government Finance Act1974.