Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Introduction to Fire Safety Management
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Incorporated limited companies of this nature are not 
exempt.
15.9.1 Requirements
Employers must have employer liability insurance for all 
people they employ (including people normally regarded 
as self-employed) as summarised below:
15.10
Water Resources Act 1991 (as 
amended by the Environment Act 
1995)
Water Resources Act
– this legislation is in place to 
control discharge to watercourses to avoid pollution. 
Responsibility for discharges lies with the Environment 
Agency. It is an offence to cause or knowingly permit:
➤
Any poisonous, noxious or polluting matter, or any 
solid waste matter, to enter any controlled waters 
i.e. tidal, coastal, lakes, ponds and ground waters.
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Any matter other than trade or sewage effl uent to be 
discharged from a sewer in contravention of a rel-
evant prohibition
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Any trade or sewage effl uent to be discharged into 
controlled waters or, through a pipe, into the sea
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Any trade or sewage effl uent to be discharged onto 
land or into a pond in contravention of a relevant 
prohibition
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Any matter to enter inland waters so as to cause or 
aggravate pollution by impeding the fl ow.
Water Resources Act
– discharge to watercourses 
can only be made with the consent of the Environment 
Agency.
The Environment Agency has the power to issue 
‘work notices’ requiring those responsible for water 
pollution to carry out works in order to dispose of pollut-
ing matter or clean up polluted watercourses. This notice 
can be issued if pollution is likely to arise.
Enforcement notices may also be served if a company 
is failing to comply with their consent conditions.
Discharges to surface waters
– in order 
to discharge to watercourses, consent from the 
Environment Agency is required. Disposal of new 
discharges by this route is usually subject to tight 
controls and is therefore not the usually favoured option. 
It is likely that disposal of effl uent by this route will 
require treatment to strict limits.