Paragraph 1

The F1Secretary of State for Scotland before authorising the execution of any work, shall require the authority to give such public notice as he may deem necessary (a) specifying the operations proposed to be undertaken, and, where the construction of a new or the extension of an existing marine work is involved, the area or extended area within which dues are proposed to be levied; and (b) intimating that objections to the proposals of the authority may be lodged with the Secretary of State for Scotland within twenty-one days from the date of the notice.