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Part 1 CANAL HEREDITAMENTS

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Designated personRelevant hereditaments
The British Waterways Board

Hereditaments (other than excepted hereditaments) comprising–

  1. (a)

    waterways (including cuts and culverts, locks, gates, sluices, pumps, feeder conduits and weirs);

  2. (b)

    aqueducts, basins, bridges, embankments, reservoirs and tunnels;

  3. (c)

    lighthouses, beacons, buoys, breakwaters, boatlifts and other structures designed to aid navigation;

  4. (d)

    docks, wharves, piers, jetties, pontoons, moorings, slipways and buildings used for the floating storage of craft;

  5. (e)

    dredging and other waste disposal tips;

  6. (f)

    other land, buildings or parts of buildings and structures used for the provision of facilities for traffic by inland waterways or in harbours, or for ancillary purposes

In this Part,–

  • “excepted hereditament” means any hereditament–

    1. (a)

      consisting of or including a dock or harbour undertaking carried on under authority conferred by or under any enactment;

    2. (b)

      consisting of premises so let out as to be capable of separate assessment;

    3. (c)

      consisting of premises used as a shop, museum, car park, warehouse, place of public refreshment or as a workshop or premises for maintenance or repair or for the hiring or storage of craft; or

    4. (d)

      consisting of office premises; and

  • “inland waterway” includes any such waterway, whether natural or artificial.