# The Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013, Paragraph 4: Indemnity as to costs and expenses

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The undertaker shall indemnify the Agency in respect of all reasonable and proper costs, charges and expenses which the Agency may reasonably incur or have to pay or which it may sustain in the inspection, for the purpose of compliance with this Schedule, of the construction of any consented works or any protective works required by the Agency under this Schedule.
(2) The undertaker shall indemnify the Agency against all claims, demands, proceedings, costs, damages, expenses or losses, which may be made or taken against, or recovered from or incurred by the Agency by reason of—
(a) any damage to any drainage work so as to impair its efficiency for the purposes of flood defence;
(b) any raising or lowering of the water table in land adjoining the works or any sewers, drains and watercourses;
(c) any flooding or increased flooding of any land adjoining the works; or
(d) inadequate water quality in any watercourse or other surface waters or in any groundwater,
which is caused by the construction of any of the consented works or any act or omission of the undertaker, its contractors, agents or employees whilst engaged upon the consented works.
(3) The Agency shall give to the undertaker reasonable notice of any such claim, demand, or proceedings and no settlement or compromise of any such claim, demand, proceedings, costs, damages, expenses or losses shall be made without the consent of the undertaker which shall not be unreasonably withheld and if the undertaker shall not give such consent the Agency shall diligently defend such claim or demand.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/648/schedule/15/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hinkley-point-c-nuclear-generating-station-order-2013/schedule-15/paragraph-4
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