Article 9 Power to dredge

Subject to article 25 of this Order, the Company may, for the purposes of constructing and maintaining the works and of affording access to the works by vessels from time to time deepen, dredge, scour, cleanse, alter and improve so much of the bed, shores and channels of the river as adjoin or are near to the works and may use, appropriate or dispose of the materials (other than wreck within the meaning of Part IX of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f1), from time to time dredged by them.

No materials so dredged, other than those dredged for the purpose of constructing the works, shall 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.

The Company shall consult with MDHC before exercising the powers conferred on them by this article.