2.2 Distinction between Flood Defences and Local Flood Protection
A flood protection system could be termed as a flood defence or local protection system
depending on the body responsible for its management.
The term “flood defence” is applied in this guide to any flood protection system that is owned
and/or maintained by a Statutory Flood Defence Operating Authority. As such, flood
defences form the formal flood protection infrastructure.
Where a flood protection system is not under the direct management of a Flood Operating
Authority, it is termed “local flood protection”.