(b) any other body, corporate
or unincorporate, constituted by an Act where the Governor or a Minister of
the Crown appoints one or more of the members of the body, or
(2) A person (other
than a public authority) must not carry out any prescribed work on prescribed
land except in accordance with an approval (and any conditions of the
approval) in writing from the Authority.
(a) that the bank or shore of any waters of
which the bed is vested in the Authority is being eroded or is likely to be
eroded, or
(b) that any material of any kind is being deposited, or is likely
to be deposited, on the bed or shore of any such waters,
by reason of or as a
result of:
(c) the carrying out on any land of any prescribed work (whether or
not the person carrying out the work is liable to a penalty under subsection
(2)), or
(d) the demolition, collapse, partial collapse or disrepair of or
any damage to, a retaining wall or other structure on any land,
the Authority
may give to the prescribed person in relation to the land the notice specified
in subsection (5).
(4) The person prescribed by this subsection in relation
to any land (the
"prescribed person" ) is:
(a) where the land is not vested in the Crown or a
public authority--the owner of the land, or
(b) where the land is vested in
the Crown or a public authority and work referred to in subsection (3) (c) has
been carried out on the land in connection with land not so vested:
(5) The notice prescribed by this subsection is a notice in writing requiring
the person to whom it is given to take within a reasonable time specified in
the notice such measures as are necessary to ensure:
(a) in the case referred
to in subsection (3) (a)--that the erosion ceases or is prevented and that any
erosion that has occurred is made good, or
(b) in the case referred to in
subsection (3) (b)--that the deposit of material ceases or is prevented and
that any deposited material is removed.
(6) If any material of any kind
escapes from, or is carried by natural forces from, any land on which a
person:
(a) stored or accumulated that material, or
(b) carried on any work
of excavation, earthmoving, material extraction, demolition, engineering or
building construction,
and the material is deposited on the bed or shore of
any waters of which the bed is vested in the Authority, the Authority may give
to that person with respect to that land the notice specified in subsection
(7).
(7) The notice prescribed by this subsection is a notice in writing
requiring the person to whom it is given to take within a reasonable time
specified in the notice such measures as are necessary to ensure:
(a) the
prevention of any further deposit on the bed or shore of any waters (the bed
of which is vested in the Authority) of any material escaping, or carried by
natural forces, from the land in respect of which it is given, and
(b) that
any such material so deposited is removed.
(8) The Authority may amend or
revoke a notice given under this section.
(9) A person who is given a notice
specified in subsection (5) or (7) must comply with the notice.
