# The Anti-Pollution Works Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 3: Content of works notices


A works notice shall–
(a) in the case of a potential pollution incident, describe the nature of the risk to relevant waters, identifying the relevant waters which may be affected and the place from which the matter in question is likely to enter those waters;
(b) in the case of an actual pollution incident, describe the nature and extent of the pollution, identifying the relevant waters affected by it;
(c) specify the works or operations required to be carried out by the person on whom the notice is served, stating his name and address;
(d) specify the periods referred to in Article 17(3)(a) of the 1999 Order;
(e) give the Department’s reasons for serving the notice on that person and for requiring those works or operations to be carried out;
(f) inform the person on whom the notice is served of his right of appeal under Article 17(7) of the 1999 Order (including the time for appealing);
(g) state that the Department is entitled (unless the notice is quashed or withdrawn) to recover from the person on whom the notice is served its costs or expenses reasonably incurred in carrying out such investigations as are mentioned in Article 16(1) and 16(2) of the 1999 Order; and
(h) set out the contents of Article 19 of the 1999 Order (consequences of not complying with a works notice).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/7/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/anti-pollution-works-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-3
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