{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/able-marine-energy-park-development-consent-order-2014/schedule-9/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2935",
  "legislation_title": "The Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/able-marine-energy-park-development-consent-order-2014",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if any part of the river becomes subject to sedimentation, scouring, currents or wave action which—\n(a) is, during the period beginning with the commencement of the construction of that tidal work and ending with the expiration of 10 years after the date on which all the tidal works constructed under this Order are completed, wholly or partly caused by a tidal work; and\n(b) for the safety of navigation or for the protection of works in the river, should in the reasonable opinion of the Conservancy Authority be removed or made good.\n(2) The Harbour Authority must either—\n(a) pay to the Conservancy Authority any additional expense to which the Conservancy Authority may reasonably be put in dredging the river to remove the sedimentation or in making good the scouring so far as (in either case) it is attributable to the tidal work; or\n(b) carry out the necessary dredging at its own expense and subject to the prior approval of the Conservancy Authority, such prior approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed;\nand the reasonable expenses payable by the Harbour Authority under this paragraph include any additional expenses accrued or incurred by the Conservancy Authority in carrying out surveys or studies in connection with the implementation of this paragraph.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 16 in force at 29.10.2014, see Introductory Text"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2935/schedule/9/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:57:38.687983+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}