# The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2012, Article 10: Tidal works not to be executed without approval of Secretary of State


(1) Unless its construction has commenced within ten years of the coming into force of this Order, a tidal work shall not be demolished, constructed, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, replaced or relaid except in accordance with plans and sections approved by the Secretary of State and subject to any conditions and restrictions imposed by the Secretary of State before the work is begun.
(2) If a tidal work is constructed, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, replaced or relaid in contravention of this article or of any condition or restriction imposed under this article—
(a) the Secretary of State may by notice in writing require the Board at their own expense to remove the tidal work or any part of it and restore the site to its former condition; and if on the expiration of 30 days from the date when the notice is served upon the Board they have failed to take reasonable steps to comply with the requirements of the notice, the Secretary of State may execute the works specified in the notice; or
(b) if it appears to the Secretary of State urgently necessary to do so, the Secretary of State may remove the tidal work, or part of it, and restore the site to its former condition;
and any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in so doing shall be recoverable from the Board.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/416/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dover-harbour-revision-order-2012/article-10
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