# The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Harbour Revision Order 2007, Paragraph 1


(1) The following provisions shall apply for the protection of the Agency unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and the Agency.
(2) In this Part of this Schedule—
“accumulation” means any accumulation of silt or other material;
“the Agency” means the Environment Agency;
“completion” in relation to a work means the date on which it is brought into use;
“construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal and “construct” and “constructed” shall be construed accordingly;
“damage” includes scouring and erosion and “damaged” shall be construed accordingly;
“drainage work” means any watercourse and includes any land which provides or is expected to provide flood storage capacity for any watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment, outfall or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage, flood defence or tidal monitoring;
“erosion” means any erosion of the bed or shore of the sea or of the bed or banks of any river;
“the fishery” means any waters containing fish and fish in, or migrating to or from, such waters and the spawn, habitat or food of such fish;
“outfall” means—
(a) any existing land drainage outfall for which the Agency is responsible;
(b) any sewer, pipe or drain provided for groundwater, surface water or storm overflow sewerage;
“plans” includes sections, drawings, specifications and method statements;
“specified work” means any permanent or temporary work or operation authorised by this Order (which includes for the avoidance of doubt, any dredging and any exploratory geotechnical investigations that may be undertaken);
“watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers and passages through which water flows (whether or not the flow is intermittent) except a public sewer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3219/schedule/2/part/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/felixstowe-dock-and-railway-harbour-revision-order-2007/schedule-2/part-2/paragraph-1
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