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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-birkenhead-harbour-empowerment-order-1998/article-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1016",
  "legislation_title": "The Port of Birkenhead Harbour Empowerment Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-birkenhead-harbour-empowerment-order-1998",
  "path": "article/15",
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  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Survey of tidal works",
  "text": "If the Secretary of State or MDHC deems it expedient to do so, the Secretary of State or MDHC may order a survey and examination of a tidal work or of the site upon which it is proposed to construct the work, and any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State or MDHC in any such survey and examination shall be recoverable from the Company.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1016/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:22.719683+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."
}