Article 14 The carrying out of drainage schemes

When the Ministry has made an order confirming a drainage scheme, then, unless the order is revoked, the Ministry shall proceed to carry out the scheme, and, without prejudice to any other provision of this Order, for that purpose the order shall operate to confer on the Ministry power—

(a)

to construct, execute and complete the drainage works or sea defence works specified in the scheme, with such additions, omissions, variations and deviations as shall be found expedient in the course of the work;

(b)

to enter on any land and do there all such acts and things as shall be reasonably necessary for, or incidental to, the construction, carrying out or completion of those drainage works or sea defence works, with such additions, omissions, variations and deviations as aforesaid;

(c)

to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary for the purposes of the scheme;

(d)

for the purpose of the due carrying out of the scheme, to do all or any of the following things—

(i)

take from any land any earth, sods or other material required for that purpose;

(ii)

deposit on any land all spoil or other material obtained in the course of such carrying out; and

(iii)

utilise or dispose of any earth, sods, gravel, stone, rock or other material removed in the course of such carrying out.