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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-crossing-act-2011/section-3",
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  "legislation": "asp/2011/2",
  "legislation_title": "Forth Crossing Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-crossing-act-2011",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Maximum construction height",
  "text": "Ministers, when carrying out or maintaining the principal works, may not operate above the maximum construction height without the consent of the airport operator of Edinburgh Airport.\n“maximum construction height” means—\n(a)for works associated with the Central Tower, 235 metres above ordnance datum (Newlyn), and\n(b)for works associated with the North Tower, the South Tower and any other part of the Forth Crossing, 225 metres above ordnance datum (Newlyn).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 18.3.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/38, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/2/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:13.784420+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."
}