SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 14PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS
PART 8FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY
Protective action
schedule 14 paragraph 104 104.—(1) If any specified work or the exercise of any specified function—
schedule 14 paragraph 104 1 a (a)is constructed or carried out otherwise than in accordance with the requirements of this Schedule or with any condition in an approval given under paragraph 98(4) (approval of detailed design (excluding the tunnelling works)); or
schedule 14 paragraph 104 1 b (b)during construction or carrying out gives rise to sedimentation, scouring, currents or wave action, or other material change to the riverbed, which would be materially detrimental to traffic in, or the flow or regime of, the river Thames,
then the PLA may by notice in writing require the undertaker at the undertaker’s own expense to comply with the remedial requirements specified in the notice.
(2) The requirements that may be specified in a notice given under sub-paragraph (1) are—
schedule 14 paragraph 104 2 a (a)in the case of a specified work or specified function to which sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies, such requirements as may be specified in the notice for the purpose of giving effect to the requirements of—
schedule 14 paragraph 104 2 a i (i)this Schedule; or
schedule 14 paragraph 104 2 a ii (ii)the condition that has been breached; or
schedule 14 paragraph 104 2 b (b)in any case within sub-paragraph (1)(b), such requirements as may be specified in the notice for the purpose of preventing, mitigating or making good the sedimentation, scouring, currents or wave action or other material change to the riverbed so far as required by the needs of traffic in, or the flow or regime of, the river Thames.
(3) If the undertaker does not comply with a notice under sub-paragraph (1), or is unable to do so then the PLA may in writing require the undertaker to—
schedule 14 paragraph 104 3 a (a)remove, alter or pull down the specified work, and where the specified work is removed to restore the site of that work (to such extent as the PLA reasonably requires) to its former condition; or
schedule 14 paragraph 104 3 b (b)take such other action as the PLA may reasonably specify for the purposes of remedying the non-compliance to which the notice relates.
(4) If a specified work gives rise to materially new or materially different environmental effects over and above those anticipated by any environmental document, the undertaker must, in compliance with its duties under any enactment, take such action as is necessary to prevent or mitigate those environmental impacts and in so doing must consult and seek to agree the necessary measures with the PLA.
(5) If the PLA becomes aware that any specified work is causing materially new or materially different environmental effects over and above those anticipated by any environmental document, the PLA must notify the undertaker of—
schedule 14 paragraph 104 5 a (a)that materially new or materially different environmental effect;
schedule 14 paragraph 104 5 b (b)the reasons why the PLA believes that the materially new or materially different environmental effects are being caused by the specified work; and
schedule 14 paragraph 104 5 c (c)measures that the PLA reasonably believes are necessary to counter or mitigate that materially new or materially different environmental effects.
(6) The undertaker must implement either the measures that the PLA has notified to it under paragraph (5) or such other measures as the undertaker believes are necessary to counter materially new or materially different environmental effects identified, giving reasons to the PLA as to why it has implemented such other measures.
term environmental document (7) In this paragraph “environmental document” means—
schedule 14 paragraph 104 7 a (a)the environmental statement; and
schedule 14 paragraph 104 7 b (b)any other document containing environmental information provided by the undertaker to the PLA for the purposes of any approval under paragraph 98.