Article 10 Power to dredge
Subject to article 20, the Company may, for the purposes of constructing and maintaining the works and of affording access to the works by vessels, from time to time deepen, dredge, scour, cleanse, alter and improve so much of the bed, shores and channels of the river adjoining or near to the works in accordance with the deposited plans and sections (unless the Secretary of State for Transport and English Nature shall approve otherwise in writing) and may use, appropriate or dispose of the materials from time to time dredged by them.
No materials referred to in this article shall—
be disposed of in contravention of the provisions of any enactment relating to the disposal of waste; or
be deposited below the level of mean high-water springs otherwise than in such places and under such conditions and restrictions as may be approved or prescribed by the Secretary of State.
The power to use, appropriate or dispose of materials referred to in this article does not extend to wreck (within the meaning of Part IX (Salvage and Wreck) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995)f1.
The Company shall not exercise the powers conferred upon them by this article except with the written consent of A.B. Ports (which it shall not unreasonably withhold) and in accordance with such conditions and restrictions as may be reasonably prescribed by A.B. Ports.
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