204
In forceAdoption of flood level
Part 10Waterway management
Division 4Floodplain management
204 Adoption of flood level
(1)
In making a declaration under section 203(1), an Authority may adopt a flood level, a flood fringe area or a building line which, in its opinion, is the best estimate, based on the available evidence, of a flood event which has a probability of occurrence of 1 per cent in any one year.
(2)
Despite any other provision, an Authority may designate a flood level that allows a risk of flooding to exist in the use of lands.
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