SCHEDULE 6Powers of enforcement

PART 1The Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the Department of the Environment

SECTION 2Warrants, evidence and compensation

19.

Where any person exercises any power conferred by paragraph 1(a) or (b), it is the duty of the enforcing authority under whose authorisation that person acts to make full compensation to any person who has sustained loss or damage by reason of—

(a)

the exercise of a power under paragraph 1 by the authorised person; or

(b)

the performance of, or failure of the authorised person to perform, the duty imposed under paragraph 18.