Temporary scaffolding in EnglandE+W
6.—(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.