{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/midland-metro-wolverhampton-city-centre-extension-order-2016/schedule-10/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/midland-metro-wolverhampton-city-centre-extension-order-2016/schedule-10/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/684",
  "legislation_title": "The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/midland-metro-wolverhampton-city-centre-extension-order-2016",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Powers requiring CRT’s consent",
  "text": "(1) The Authority must not under the powers conferred by this Order acquire compulsorily any CRT Property.\n(2) The Authority must not under the powers conferred by this Order acquire any easement or other right over CRT Property, or use CRT Property or divert the waterway or stop navigation of the waterway or use the towing path except where such acquisition or use is with the consent of CRT.\n(3) The Authority must not in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order obstruct or interfere with pedestrian or vehicular access to a waterway unless such obstruction or interference with such access is with the consent of CRT.\n(4) The Authority must not exercise any power conferred by this Order in such a way as to interfere with the supply of water to, or the drainage of water from or into, a waterway unless such exercise is with the consent of CRT.\n(5) The Authority must not exercise the powers conferred by article 12 (temporary stopping up of streets) in relation to any way over land comprised in a waterway, unless such exercise is with the consent of CRT.\n(6) The Authority must not exercise the powers conferred by article 26 (temporary interference with waterways) in relation to any moorings or rights over land comprised in a waterway unless such exercise is with the consent of CRT.\n(7) The Authority must not exercise the powers conferred by article 22 (authority to survey and investigate land) or section 11(3) of the 1965 Act (power of entry for surveying land) in relation to a waterway unless such exercise is with the consent of CRT.\n(8) The Authority must not exercise the powers conferred by section 271 or 272 of the 1990 Act, as applied by Schedule 8 (provisions relating to statutory undertakers, etc.), so as to divert any right of access to a waterway, but such right of access may be diverted with the consent of CRT.\n(9) Nothing in article 20 (discharge of water) authorises the Authority to—\n(a) discharge any water directly or indirectly into a waterway; or\n(b) carry out any works to, or make any opening in, or otherwise interfere with, a waterway (including the banks and bed of a waterway),\nexcept with the consent of CRT and on terms that CRT may reasonably require, and in accordance with plans approved by, and under the supervision (if given) of, the engineer.\n(10) The consent of CRT under sub-paragraphs (1) to (9) must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed but may be given subject to reasonable terms and conditions which in the case of article 20 (discharge of water) may include conditions—\n(a) specifying the location, maximum volume and velocity of water which may be discharged in any period; and\n(b) authorising CRT on giving reasonable notice (except in an emergency, when CRT may require immediate suspension) to the Authority to require the Authority to suspend the discharge of water or reduce the flow of water where this is necessary by reason of any operational or environmental requirement of CRT.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 3 in force at 2.8.2016, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/684/schedule/10/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:22:28.507606+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."
}