C3 Part II Water Resources Management
C1C2C4C5C8C9C10C11C12C13C14 Chapter II ABSTRACTION AND IMPOUNDING
Chapter II of Part II excluded (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 6(3) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
Chapter II of Part II modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 52, Sch. 15 Pt. III para. 11
Pt. II Ch. II modified (22.3.2005) by Midland Metro (Wednesbury to Brierley Hill and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/927), Sch. 11 para. 11 (with art. 51)
Pt. II Ch. II modified (26.8.2005) by River Tyne (Tunnels) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2222), art. 1, Sch. 10 para. 14 (with arts. 45(1), 48, Sch. 10 paras. 21, 29)
Pt. II Ch. II modified (19.3.2007) by Ouseburn Barrage Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/608), art. 1, Sch. 6 para. 18 (with arts. 46-48, Sch. 6 paras. 17(5), 23)
Pt. II Ch. II modified (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 17 para. 11
Pt. II Ch. II modified (9.6.2009) by Nottingham Express Transit System Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1300), arts. 1, 71(12) (with Sch. 13 para. 14(2), Sch. 14 para. 19, Sch. 16)
Pt. II Ch. II modified (20.7.2010) by The Network Rail (Nuneaton North Chord) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1721), art. 1, Sch. 11 para. 12
Pt. II Ch. II modified (27.8.2010) by The Llangollen and Corwen Railway Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2136), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 12
Pt. II Ch. II modified (1.9.2010) by The Port of Bristol (Deep Sea Container Terminal) Harbour Revision Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2020), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 11(1) (with arts. 18, 19)
Pt. II Ch. II modified (1.2.2011) by The River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/41), art. 1, Sch. 10 para. 41(1) (with art. 51, Sch. 10 paras. 6885)
Restrictions on abstraction and impounding
25AF1Enforcement notices
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Subject to the following provisions of this section, where it appears to the F2appropriate agency that a person is—
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in breach of section 24(1) or (2) or section 25(1) above; or
b
for the purposes of section 24 or 25 above a holder of a licence under this Chapter and has not complied with a condition or requirement imposed by the provisions, as for the time being in force, of that licence,
the F2appropriate agency shall be entitled to serve an enforcement notice on him if the condition in subsection (2) below is satisfied.
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The condition is that it appears to the F2appropriate agency that the breach or failure to comply is causing or is likely to cause significant damage to the environment.
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An enforcement notice is a notice requiring the person on whom it is served—
a
to cease his breach of section 24(1) or (2) or section 25(1) above, or to comply with the condition or requirement in question; and
b
to carry out any works or operations specified in the notice.
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The works or operations which may be specified are works or operations which it appears to the F2appropriate agency are appropriate for the purpose of remedying or mitigating the effects of the breach or failure to comply, and may include—
a
works or operations for the purpose, so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so, of restoring any affected waters, including any flora and fauna dependent on them, to their state immediately before the breach or failure to comply; and
b
in the case of a breach of section 25(1) above, the removal of any unauthorised impounding works or the reversal of any unauthorised alteration to impounding works.
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C7An enforcement notice must specify the periods within which the person on whom it is served must do each of the things specified in the notice.
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C7The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for or in connection with—
a
the form or content of enforcement notices;
b
requirements for consultation, before the service of an enforcement notice, with persons other than the person upon whom the notice is to be served;
c
steps to be taken for the purposes of any consultation required under subsection (6) above or regulations made by virtue of paragraph (b) above;
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any other steps of a procedural nature which are to be taken in connection with, or in consequence of, the service of an enforcement notice.
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C7An enforcement notice is not invalid, or invalidly served, merely because of a failure to comply with subsection (6) above or with regulations made by virtue of subsection (7)(b) above.
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In proceedings for any offence under section 24 or 25 above against a person upon whom an enforcement notice has been served, the following are not to be taken as evidence that he has committed the offence—
a
the fact that an enforcement notice has been served on him;
b
the fact that he does not appeal against it;
c
the fact that on an appeal against it the notice is confirmed (whether with or without modifications).
Pt. II: transfer of functions to the Environment Agency (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 2(1)(a)(i) (with ss. 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3