SCHEDULE 3Exempt facilities and waste operations to which section 33(1)(a) of the 1990 Act does not apply: descriptions and conditions

PART 4Exempt flood risk activities: descriptions and conditions

Temporary scaffolding in England6

1

The erection and use of temporary scaffolding in or over a main river in England.

2

For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are—

a

the scaffolding will be in place for no longer than 4 weeks,

b

the scaffolding is not in place between 15th March and 15th June inclusive in any year,

c

on a main river that is a designated salmonid river, the scaffolding is not in place between 1st October and 14th March inclusive in any year,

d

the scaffolding does not occupy more than 10 metres of a river bank at any one time,

e

the scaffolding projects into or over the main river no more than 1.2 metres or no more than 10% of the width of the main river, whichever is less,

f

the scaffolding is located no less than 100 metres from any other scaffolding the erection and use of which is reliant on this exemption,

g

except where it is unsafe to do so, debris lodged against the scaffolding is removed within 24 hours, and

h

any transoms and walking decks are set no lower than 600 mm above water level.