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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-thurrock-crossing-act-1988/schedule-7/part-II/paragraph-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If, when requested by a protected body to carry out any necessary works or operations in accordance with paragraph 2 or 3 above, the Secretary of State—\n(a) fails to do so; or\n(b) approves the carrying out of those or any other works or operations by that body;\nthe protected body may itself carry out the works and operations and recover from the Secretary of State the costs reasonably incurred by it in doing so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/20/schedule/7/part/II/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}