{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossrail-act-2008/schedule-17/part-6/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossrail-act-2008/schedule-17/part-6/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/18",
  "legislation_title": "Crossrail Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossrail-act-2008",
  "path": "schedule/17/part/6/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The nominated undertaker shall not, without the consent of the Port Authority—\n(a) deposit in, or allow to fall or be washed into, the river any gravel, soil or other material in suspension or otherwise;\n(b) discharge or allow to escape into the river any offensive or injurious matter in suspension or otherwise, or oil; or\n(c) notwithstanding anything in paragraph 8 of Schedule 2, discharge any water directly or indirectly into the river.\n(2) Any consent of the Port Authority under this paragraph shall not be unreasonably withheld and—\n(a) shall be deemed to have been given if it is neither given nor refused within 28 days of the submission of the request for it; and\n(b) may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the Port Authority may make for the protection of navigation in, or the flow or regime of, the river.\n(3) In its application to the discharge of water into the river, paragraph 8(5) of Schedule 2 shall have effect subject to the terms of any conditions attached to a consent given under this paragraph.\n(4) Nothing in this paragraph authorises the doing of anything prohibited by section 85(1), (2) or (3) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57) (offences of polluting controlled waters).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/18/schedule/17/part/6/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:51.049540+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."
}