# The Poole Harbour (Works) Revision Order 2015, Article 8: Power to dredge

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Commissioners may, for the purposes of constructing and maintaining the authorised works and to afford uninterrupted means of access to the authorised works and enabling their use at all states of the tide, from time to time deepen, dredge, scour, cleanse, alter and improve the bed, shores and channels of the harbour within an area not exceeding 40 metres in width adjacent to the authorised works to a depth of not more than 9 metres below Chart Datum (unless the Secretary of State approves otherwise in writing).
(2) The Commissioners may as they think fit use, appropriate or dispose of any materials (other than wreck within the meaning of Part IX of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995) from time to time dredged, taken or collected by them in the course of any such operations.
(3) No materials referred to in this article may—
(a) be disposed of in contravention of the provisions of any enactment relating to the disposal of waste; or
(b) be deposited below the level of high water except in such places and in accordance with such conditions and restrictions as may be approved or prescribed by the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1390/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/poole-harbour-works-revision-order-2015/article-8
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