Paragraph 2

In this Schedule—

• “accumulation” means any accumulation of silt or other material;

• “completion” in relation to a work means the date on which it is brought into use;

• “construction” includes execution and placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal and “construct” and “constructed” have corresponding meanings;

• “drainage work” means any bank, wall or embankment of the Back Water Channel and any outfall or other structure or appliance constructed or used for land drainage, defence against sea water or tidal monitoring;

• “erosion” means any erosion of the bed or shore of the Back Water Channel;

• “the fishery” means the Back Water Channel and fish in, or migrating to or from, the Back Water Channel, and the spawn, habitat or food of such fish;

• “plans” includes sections, descriptions, drawings, specifications and method statements and other such particulars;

• “specified work” means any permanent or temporary work or operation authorised by this Order (which includes any dredging and any exploratory geotechnical investigations that may be undertaken); and

• “watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers, and passages through which water flows (whether or not the flow is intermittent) except a public sewer within the meaning of the Water Industry Act 1991^f1.