Article 9 Tidal works not to be executed without approval of Scottish Ministers
A tidal work shall not be constructed, altered, enlarged, replaced, relaid, extended or reconstructed except in accordance with plans and sections approved by the Scottish Ministers and subject to any conditions and restrictions imposed by the Scottish Ministers before the work is begun or while work is still in progress.
If a tidal work is constructed, altered, enlarged, replaced, relaid, extended or reconstructed in contravention of this article or of any condition or restriction imposed under this article–
the Scottish Ministers may by notice in writing require A.B. Ports at their own expense to remove the tidal work or any part thereof and restore the site thereof to its former condition; and, if on the expiration of 30 days from the date when the notice is served upon A.B. Ports it has failed to comply with the requirements of the notice, the Scottish Ministers may execute the works specified in the notice; or
if it appears to the Scottish Ministers urgently necessary so to do, he may remove the tidal work or part of it and restore the site to its former condition,
and any expenditure incurred by the Scottish Ministers in so doing shall be recoverable from A.B. Ports.