{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/improvement-of-land-act-1864/section-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/improvement-of-land-act-1864/section-77.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/27-28/114",
  "legislation_title": "Improvement Of Land Act 1864",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/improvement-of-land-act-1864",
  "path": "section/77",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Admiralty may remove works abandoned or fallen into decay.",
  "text": "If any embankment or work constructed under the powers of this Act in, under, over, through, or across any tidal water or navigable river, or if any portion of any embankment or work which affects or may affect any such water or river, or the access thereto, shall be abandoned, or suffered to fall into disuse or decay, it shall be lawful for the Admiralty or the Board of Trade, as the case may require, to abate and remove the same, or such part or parts thereof as he or they may at any time or times deem fit and proper, and to restore the site thereof to its former condition, at the cost and charge of the landowner, . . ..",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 77 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII Gp. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of Admiralty now exercisable by a Secretary of State: Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15), s. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Functions of Board of Trade under s. 77 now exercisable by Secretary of State: Ministry of Transport Act 1919 (c. 50), s. 2(1), S.R. & O. 1919/1440 (Rev. XV, p. 21: 1919 II, p. 849), 1939/1470 (Rev. XV, p. 214: 1939 II, p. 3051), 1941/654 (Rev. XV, p. 228: 1941 I, p. 1221), 1946/375 (Rev. XV, p. 229: 1946 I, p. 1009) and S.I. 1970/1681"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/27-28/114/section/77",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:04:31.386960+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."
}