[208 Civil liability of the Agency or NRBW for escapes of water etc]
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

[208  Civil liability of the Agency or NRBW for escapes of water etc]

(1)     Where an escape of water, however caused, from a pipe vested in the [Agency] [or the NRBW] causes loss or damage, the [Agency] [or, as the case may be, the NRBW,] shall be liable, except as otherwise provided in this section, for the loss or damage.

(2)     The [Agency] [or the NRBW] shall not incur any liability under subsection (1) above if the escape was due wholly to the fault of the person who sustained the loss or damage or of any servant, agent or contractor of his.

(3)     The [Agency] [or the NRBW] shall not incur any liability under subsection (1) above in respect of any loss or damage for which the [Agency] [or

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