The Anti-Pollution Works Regulations 1999

Content of works notices

2.  A works notice shall–

(a) in the case of a potential pollution incident, describe the nature of the risk to controlled waters, identifying the controlled waters which may be affected and the place from which the matter in question is likely to enter those waters;

(b) in the case of an actual pollution incident, describe the nature and extent of the pollution, identifying the controlled waters affected by it;

(c) specify the works or operations required to be carried out by the person on whom the notice is served, stating his name and address;

(d) give the Agency’s reasons for serving the notice on that person and for requiring those works or operations to be carried out;

(e) inform the person on whom the notice is served of his right of appeal under section 161C of the Act (including the time for appealing) and of the requirements imposed by regulation 3 in relation to its exercise;

(f) state that the Agency is entitled (unless the notice is quashed or withdrawn) to recover from the person on whom the notice is served its costs or expenses reasonably incurred in carrying out such investigations as are mentioned in section 161(1)(1) of the Act; and

(g) set out the contents of section 161D(1) to (4) of the Act (consequences of not complying with a works notice).

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Amended by section 60(3) of, and paragraph 161 of Schedule 22 to, the Environment Act 1995.