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27 Power of chief inspector to remedy harm.E+W+S
(1)Where the commission of an offence under section 23(1)(a) or (c) above causes any harm which it is possible to remedy, the chief inspector or, in Scotland, a river purification authority may, subject to subsection (2) below—
(a)arrange for any reasonable steps to be taken towards remedying the harm; and
(b)recover the cost of taking those steps from any person convicted of that offence.
(2)The chief inspector or, as the case may be, the river purification authority shall not exercise their powers under this section except with the approval in writing of the Secretary of State and, where any of the steps are to be taken on or will affect land in the occupation of any person other than the person on whose land the prescribed process is being carried on, with the permission of that person.
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