{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harwich-dock-company-harbour-empowerment-order-1988/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harwich-dock-company-harbour-empowerment-order-1988/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1545",
  "legislation_title": "The Harwich Dock Company Harbour Empowerment Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harwich-dock-company-harbour-empowerment-order-1988",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Power to construct works",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Company may, in the lines or situations and within the limits of deviation and according to the levels shown on the deposited sections, make and maintain the works hereinafter described, in the district of Tendring, with all necessary works and conveniences connected therewith–\nWork No. 1—\n(a) A quay, being partly of solid construction with reinforced concrete and infill material and partly of open construction with bearing piles and a reinforced concrete platform, commencing at the western extremity of the existing berth number 2/3 proceeding thence in a northerly direction for a distance of 21 metres to reference point TM 2600732957, thence in an east-north-easterly direction for a distance of 66 metres to reference point TM 2606732984, thence continuing in an east-north-easterly direction for a distance of 177 metres to reference point TM 2623733034 thence in a south-south-easterly direction for a distance of 66 metres to the face of existing berth number 5 and thence following the face of that berth westwards and subsequently of existing berths numbers 4 and 2/3 respectively to the point of commencement and together with all necessary excavation of the bed of the harbour.\n(b) An open face quay being of open construction with bearing piles and a reinforced concrete platform commencing at the extreme north-east corner of Work No. 1(a) at reference point TM 2623733034 proceeding thence in an east-north-east by easterly direction for a distance of 214 metres to reference point TM 2645033053 thence in a south-south-easterly direction for a distance of 25 metres to reference point TM 2646133030 thence continuing in a west-south-westerly direction to the eastern extremity of existing berth number 5 and thence following that berth to abut and join the extreme south-east extremity of Work No. 1(a) and thence in a north-north-westerly direction to the point of commencement and together with all necessary excavation of the bed of the harbour.\nWork No. 2—A quay of open construction with bearing piles and a reinforced concrete platform commencing at the extreme south-east corner of the Navyard and proceeding in an east-north-easterly direction for a distance of 202 metres to reference point 2648532975, thence proceeding in a north-north-westerly direction for a distance of 62 metres to abut and join the extreme south-east corner of Work No. 1(b) thence in a west-south-westerly direction for a distance of 202 metres and thence in south-south-easterly direction to the point of commencement.\n(2) The Company may within the limits of deviation reconstruct, renew, alter, extend, enlarge, add to, replace or relay the works and may maintain the same as reconstructed, renewed, altered, extended, enlarged, added to, replaced or relaid.\n(3) The Company may, by means of the works authorised by paragraph (1) above, enclose and reclaim so much of the bed of the harbour and of the foreshore as lies within the limits of deviation and may hold and use the same as part of the dock undertaking.\n(4) The start of Construction of Works Nos. 1 and 2 shall not take place until authorisation has been given by the highway authority for the financing of the construction of Stage 2 of the Dovercourt Bypass.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1545/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:38:05.579862+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."
}