Water authority not liable for damage to SSSI

Water authority not liable for damage to SSSI - 1992 - Independent 24 July 1992, 26; 18 July 1992, 4(2) .

"Southern Water Authority v Nature Conservancy Council" HL 16 July 1992. The water authority was not liable for damage to a SSSI under Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 s28 because only an occupier could be prosecuted under this section; the water authority entering the land only for a short time to carry out operations was not an occupier.


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WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981 S28