{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poole-harbour-revision-order-2026/article-26",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/724",
  "legislation_title": "The Poole Harbour Revision Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poole-harbour-revision-order-2026",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Power to dredge",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioners may, as appears to them to be necessary or desirable for the purposes of the harbour undertaking, deepen, widen, dredge, scour, cleanse, alter and improve the harbour below the level of high water.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), all materials dredged up or removed by the Commissioners in exercise of the powers of this article are deemed to be the property of the Commissioners and may be used, sold, deposited or otherwise disposed of as the Commissioners may think fit.\n(3) Materials dredged up or removed by the Commissioners in the exercise of the powers of this article must not be laid down or deposited in contravention of the provisions of any enactment relating to the disposal of waste.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/724/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:58:52.315401+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."
}