Section 151: Liability under existing regimes

Planning Act 2008 · 2008 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 7: Orders granting development consent — Chapter 1: Content of orders

An order granting development consent may not include provision the effect of which is to exclude or modify the application of—

any provision of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c. 57);
section 28 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Reservoirs Act 1975 (c. 23) (liability for damage and injury due to escape of water from a reservoir constructed after 1930);
section 209 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) (civil liability of water undertakers for escapes of water from pipes);
section 48A of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) (civil remedies for loss or damage due to water abstraction).

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