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Article 10 Power to dredge

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(1)

Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Company may from time to time deepen, dredge, scour, cleanse, alter and improve the harbour for the purpose of affording uninterrupted means of access to the harbour or any part of it for the accommodation of vessels.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3) below the Company may use, appropriate or dispose of any material (other than any wreck within the meaning of Part IX of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995f1) from time to time dredged by them from the harbour.

(3)

No material referred to in this article shall–

(a)

be disposed of in contravention of any enactment relating to the disposal of waste; or

(b)

be deposited below the level of mean high water except in such places and in accordance with such conditions and restrictions as may be approved or directed by the Scottish Ministers.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 21.