Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022
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PART 9 Enforcement | ||
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Definitions (Part 9) | ||
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88. In this Part— | ||
“authorised person” means— | ||
(a) a person appointed under section 91 to be an authorised person, or | ||
(b) a person appointed under section 93 to be an authorised person; | ||
“compliance notice” means a compliance notice given by a local authority under section 97 or the Agency under section 98 ; | ||
“environmental inspection” means, in relation to an abstraction, all actions undertaken by or on behalf of the Agency or a local authority under this Part, including site visits, monitoring the impact of the abstraction on the environment including the water environment, checking reports and documents created by the person carrying out the abstraction, verifying self-monitoring by the person carrying out the abstraction, and checking the techniques used to protect the water environment and the adequacy of management of the water environment by the person carrying out the abstraction for the purpose of monitoring and promoting compliance by the person carrying out the abstraction with— | ||
(a) the licence to carry out the abstraction or conditions attached to that licence, or | ||
“premises” includes land and any fixed or movable structure and a vessel, aircraft, vehicle and any other means of transport; | ||
“site visit” means a visit by the Agency or a local authority to the premises where an abstraction is being carried out or has ceased to be carried out, for the purpose of an environmental inspection; | ||
“specified date” has the meaning given to it by section 99 (9). |