{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bristol-city-docks-harbour-revision-order-1998/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bristol-city-docks-harbour-revision-order-1998/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1209",
  "legislation_title": "The Bristol City Docks Harbour Revision Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bristol-city-docks-harbour-revision-order-1998",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Control of certain operations and works of statutory undertakers",
  "text": "(1) This article applies to any operations or works of a statutory undertaker in, under or over the waters of the City Docks, not being operations or works which are specifically authorised by any enactment.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, a statutory undertaker shall not carry out any operations or works to which this article applies unless it has given notice of its intention to do so to the Council and has supplied the Council with such particulars as they may reasonably require.\n(3) Where, in an emergency, it is impracticable to give notice as required by paragraph (2) above, the statutory undertaker shall inform the Council of the operations or works as soon as reasonably practicable.\n(4) Any operations or works to which this article applies shall be carried out subject to any directions which may from time to time be given by the Council to the statutory undertaker, being directions such as in the opinion of the Council are necessary for the avoidance of danger and the prevention, so far as reasonably possible, of interference with navigation in the carrying out of such operations or works.\n(5) Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes this article shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1209/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:31:07.711067+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."
}