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Authority definition

What does Authority mean? In practice, Authority refers to the public sector client that procures and manages a project or service and is the named counterparty in the contract. In public procurement, PFI/PPP, DBFM/DBFOM and outsourcing documents, it is a contractual shorthand for the “contracting authority” defined in legislation (England & Wales and Northern Ireland: Public Contracts Regulations 2015; Scotland: Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015; Ireland: European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016). Typical Authorities include a local authority, an NHS trust or health board, a central government department or minister, a non‑departmental public body or agency, or another body...

Sewerage undertakers’ statutory powers and duties for sewers and drains: streets and other land, notices and entry, compensation and advance payments, property, relocation, closure and extinguishment (England and Wales)

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Undertakers’ powers to lay pipes

The powers available to a sewerage undertaker to install sewers, lateral drains and disposal mains are set out in sections 158 and 159 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (WIA 1991). An undertaker may invoke these powers both within, and beyond, its own area of operation. Those powers apply both inside and outside its area. For the purposes of the WIA 1991, any mention of a pipe—including a main, drain or sewer—also covers a tunnel or conduit that serves, or is intended to serve, as that pipe, together with any fittings or accessories for it. References to laying a pipe extend to building such a tunnel or conduit, to constructing or installing those fittings or accessories, and to forming a connection from one pipe to another. This expressly includes the making of a connection between one pipe and another. Where an undertaker proposes to lay a pipe—other than a storm water overflow sewer—outside its boundaries, it must first give notice of the proposal to the undertaker for the area concerned. The works may proceed only with that undertaker’s consent or, if consent is refused or no reply is given within 28 days, with consent from Ofwat. Sewers...

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Amy has a mixed practice that includes criminal, regulatory, family, and civil law. She has a particular interest in environmental and animal law, and has experience in Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court cases concerning waste offences under section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. She has also undertaken devilling work in drafting an advice to the Animal and Plant Health Agency. During pupillage, Amy conducted research and drafted advices for members of chambers on environmental matters including obtaining information using compulsory powers under the Environment Act 1995, the end of waste test, whether an abatement notice could be varied, and permitted development rights in conservation areas. In addition to her practice at the Bar, Amy coordinates and contributes to 6 Pump Court’s environmental blog and recently gave a talk at the UK Animal Law Conference on climate change and its effects on...

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