Schedule 22, paragraph 162(2)

For the purposes of this section, a “works notice” is a notice requiring the person on whom it is served to carry out such of the following works or operations as may be specified in the notice, that is to say— in a case where the matter in question appears likely to enter any controlled waters, works or operations for the purpose of preventing it from doing so; or in a case where the matter appears to be or to have been present in any controlled waters, works or operations for the purpose— of removing or disposing of the matter; of remedying or mitigating any pollution caused by its presence in the waters; or so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so, of restoring the waters, including any flora and fauna dependent on the aquatic environment of the waters, to their state immediately before the matter became present in the waters.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30