The North Killingholme (Generating Station) Order 2014

1.—(1) The following provisions shall apply for the protection of the Agency unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the Agency.

(2) In this part of this Schedule—

“the Agency” means the Environment Agency;

“construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal and excavation, and “construct” and “constructed” shall be construed accordingly;

“drainage work” means any watercourse and includes any land which provides or is expected to provide flood storage capacity for any watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage, flood defence, sea defence or tidal monitoring and any ancillary works constructed as a consequence of works carried out for drainage purposes;

“emergency” means a situation which—

(a)

is unexpected, involving little or no prior warning, or aspects of which could not have reasonably been predicted in advance;

(b)

is a serious event presenting a risk of harm or damage to people, property or the environment; and

(c)

requires a need for urgent action to address the risk of harm, carry out repairs or prevent a worsening of the situation;

“the fishery” means any waters containing fish and the fish in, or migrating to or from, such waters and the spawn, spawning ground, habitat or food of such fish;

“plans” includes sections, drawings, specifications, calculations and method statements;

“specified work” means so much of any work or operation authorised by this Order as is in, on, under, over or within 16 metres of a drainage work or is otherwise likely to—

(a)

affect any drainage work or the volumetric rate of flow of water in or flowing to or from any drainage work;

(b)

affect the flow, purity or quality of water in any watercourse or other surface waters or ground water;

(c)

cause obstruction to the free passage of fish or damage to the fishery; or

(d)

affect the conservation, distribution or use of water resources; and

“watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, basins, sewers and passages through which water flows except a public sewer.