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Water company security and emergency measures: 2024 ministerial direction

The Security and Emergency Measures Direction (SEMD) 2024 is a ministerial direction to water and sewerage undertakers and water supply licensees in England and Wales.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 5 December 2024

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Security and Emergency Measures Direction (SEMD) 2024

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-5288-9, E03245145

Unnumbered act paper

PDF, 171 KB, 3 pages

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Keeling Schedule: SEMD 2024

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Details

The Security and Emergency Measures Directions (SEMD) set the outcomes water companies must meet to protect national security and mitigate the effects of any civil emergency.

SEMD 2024:

• makes amendments to the SEMD published in 2022
• revokes the SEMD published in 2017

SEMD 2022 remains in place. Water companies must have due regard to both 2022 and 2024 directions.

The Keeling Schedule shows how the 2024 direction amends the 2022 SEMD.

Published 5 December 2024