Part 7: Nutrient Pollution Standards 96J Section 96B: enforcement and interaction with other provisions
Subsection (1) specifies that the duty of a sewerage undertaker under section 96B is enforceable under section 18 of the Water Industry Act 1991, by the Secretary of State, or with the consent of, or authorisation given by, the Secretary of State, the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat).
	Subsection (2) requires the Environment Agency to exercise its statutory functions so as to enforce the duty imposed by section 96B and secure compliance by sewerage undertakers. This may include the use of environmental permits issued to sewerage undertakers.
	Subsection (3) further specifies that the Environment Agency must exercise its functions under the Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015 to ensure sewerage undertakers fulfil duties to prevent and remediate damage to protected sites arising from any failure to comply with the duty imposed by section 96B.
	Subsection (4) clarifies that nothing in section 96B, 96G or this section affects any other obligation of a sewerage undertaker relating to nutrient levels in treated effluent, or any power to impose an obligation relating to nutrient levels. In particular, these sections do not prevent the exercising of a power to require a lower nitrogen or phosphorus concentration in treated effluent than section 96B requires.