{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-thurrock-crossing-act-1988/schedule-7/part-II/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/20",
  "legislation_title": "Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-thurrock-crossing-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/7/part/II/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If—\n(a) within the period beginning with the commencement of the construction of the bridge and ending ten years from the completion of that construction, any part of the river becomes subjected to silting or scouring which is wholly or partly caused by a tidal work; or\n(b) within the period of ten years beginning with the commencement of the carrying out of any tidal work in connection with the maintenance or improvement of the bridge, any part of the river becomes subjected to silting or scouring which is wholly or partly caused by that tidal work;\nand that silting or scouring prejudices the stability or operation of, or, as the case may be, the access of vessels to or from, and the berthing of vessels at, any exisiting installation of a protected body specified in the following table, the Secretary of State, if so requested by notice given by that body within that period, shall carry out such works or operations in the river as may be necessary to make good the silting or scouring in so far as, in either case, that silting or scouring is attributable to a tidal work.\nTHE TABLE\nProtected bodies and their installations\n(1)\n(2)\nBody\nInstallation\nNational Power PLC\nThe main and auxiliary jetties and jetty heads at Littlebrook on the south bank of the river and any mooring dolphins provided in connection with them, and the cooling water intake and outfalls of the Littlebrook Power Station\nDartford International Ferry Terminal Limited\nThe jetty and pontoon on the south bank of the river forming part of the Dartford International Ferry Terminal and any mooring or berthing dolphins provided in connection with them\nCivil and Marine Limited\nIts jetty on the north bank of the river and any mooring dolphins provided in connection with it\nRTZ Estates Limited\nIts jetty and jetty head on the north bank of the river\nB. V. Schieveem trading as Thames Matex\nIts jetty and jetty head on the north bank of the river and any mooring dolphins provided in connection with them",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Entry substituted by S.I. 1990/577, art. 2 Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/20/schedule/7/part/II/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:48:42.842364+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."
}