{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/felixstowe-dock-and-railway-harbour-revision-order-2007/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/felixstowe-dock-and-railway-harbour-revision-order-2007/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3219",
  "legislation_title": "The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Harbour Revision Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/felixstowe-dock-and-railway-harbour-revision-order-2007",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Tidal works not to be executed without approval of Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) Unless its construction has commenced within five years of the coming into force of this Order, no tidal work shall be 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 that work is begun.\n(2) Any request for the approval of the Secretary of State under paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by written evidence to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that Schedule 2 has been complied with as respects the tidal work for which approval is being requested.\n(3) If a tidal work is constructed, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, replaced or relaid in contravention of paragraph (1) or of any condition or restriction imposed under that paragraph—\n(a) the Secretary of State may by notice in writing require the Company at their own expense to remove the tidal work or any part thereof and restore the site thereof to its former condition; and, if on the expiration of 30 days from the date when the notice is served upon the Company they have failed to take reasonable steps to comply with the requirements of the notice, the Secretary of State may take whatever steps she considers appropriate to achieve the result required by the notice; or\n(b) if it appears to the Secretary of State urgently necessary so to do, she may remove the tidal work, or part of it, and restore the site to its former condition,\nand any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in so doing shall be recoverable from the Company.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3219/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:41:20.368607+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."
}