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Section 161C Appeals against works notices.F1C1C2C3C4

(1)

A person on whom a works notice is served may, within the period of twenty-one days beginning with the day on which the notice is served, appeal against the notice to the Secretary of State.

(2)

On any appeal under this section the Secretary of State—

(a)

shall quash the notice, if he is satisfied that there is a material defect in the notice; but

(b)

subject to that, may confirm the notice, with or without modification, or quash it.

(3)

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to—

(a)

the grounds on which appeals under this section may be made; or

(b)

the procedure on any such appeal.

(4)

Regulations under subsection (3) above may (among other things)—

(a)

include provisions comparable to those in section 290 of the M1Public Health Act 1936 (appeals against notices requiring the execution of works);

(b)

prescribe the cases in which a works notice is, or is not, to be suspended until the appeal is decided, or until some other stage in the proceedings;

(c)

prescribe the cases in which the decision on an appeal may in some respects be less favourable to the appellant than the works notice against which he is appealing;

(d)

prescribe the cases in which the appellant may claim that a works notice should have been served on some other person and prescribe the procedure to be followed in those cases;

(e)

make provision as respects—

(i)

the particulars to be included in the notice of appeal;

(ii)

the persons on whom notice of appeal is to be served and the particulars, if any, which are to accompany the notice; or

(iii)

the abandonment of an appeal.

(5)

In this section “works notice” means a works notice under section 161A above.

(6)

This section is subject to section 114 of the 1995 Act (delegation or reference of appeals).

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Ss. 161A-161D inserted (21.9.1995 for specified purposes, 16.3.1999 for other specified purposes and otherwise 29.4.1999) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 162 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117);S.I. 1995/1983, art. 3; S.I. 1999/803, art. 2; S.I. 1999/1301, art. 2

Marginal citations

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1936 c. 49.

Modifications

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S. 161C: power to delegate functions conferred (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 114(2)(a)(v) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

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S. 161C applied (with modifications) (1.4.2006) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 4(3)(b), 105(3); S.I. 2006/984, art. 2(d)

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Ss. 161-161D modified by S.I. 2010/675, Sch. 23 Pt. 8 para. 3 Table 9 (as substituted (1.10.2011) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2043), reg. 1(b), Sch. 1)

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Ss. 161-161D modified (1.1.2017) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1154), reg. 1(1), Sch. 23 Pt. 7 paras. 1(3), 2 (with regs. 1(3), 77-79, Sch. 4)

Notes on Part VII

Modifications

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Pt. VII (ss. 154-186): Transfer of functions (1.4.1996) to the Agency by 1995 c. 25, s. 2(1)(a)(iv) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

Notes on Chapter I

Textual amendments

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Words in Pt. 7 Ch. 1 heading substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 277 (with Sch. 7)

Notes on Restoration and improvement works for controlled waters

Textual amendments

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Ss. 161-161AB substituted for s. 161 (22.12.2009) by Water Resources Act 1991 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3104), regs. 1(c), 5 (with reg. 7)