Environment Act 2021

Valid from 30/09/2022

125Enforcement of obligationE+W

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(1)In proceedings for the enforcement of an obligation under a conservation covenant, the available remedies are—

(a)specific performance,

(b)injunction,

(c)damages, and

(d)order for payment of an amount due under the obligation.

(2)On an application for a remedy under subsection (1)(a) or (b), a court must, in considering what remedy is appropriate, take into account any public interest in the performance of the obligation concerned.

(3)Subject to subsection (4), contract principles apply to damages for breach of an obligation under a conservation covenant.

(4)In the case of breach of an obligation of the landowner under a conservation covenant, a court may award exemplary damages in such circumstances as it thinks fit.

(5)For the purposes of the Limitation Act 1980, an action founded on an obligation under a conservation covenant is to be treated as founded on simple contract.

Commencement Information

I1S. 125 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(3)