{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-colne-barrier-wivenhoe-order-1991/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-colne-barrier-wivenhoe-order-1991/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1760",
  "legislation_title": "The River Colne Barrier (Wivenhoe) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-colne-barrier-wivenhoe-order-1991",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Temporary closing of river in connection with works",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other enactment or in any rule of law, but without prejudice to any requirement imposed on the Rivers Authority under the provisions of this Order, and after consultation with the Colchester Port Authority, the Rivers Authority may, in executing or doing in, on, under or over the river any works or things authorised by or under the foregoing provisions of this Order, close the river or any part thereof to navigation:\nProvided that the Rivers Authority shall so execute or do such works or things as to ensure that at any time no more of the river is so closed than is reasonably necessary in all the circumstances and, if it becomes necessary to close the river completely to navigation, the Rivers Authority shall use their best endeavours to secure that the minimum obstruction, delay or interference is caused to vessels which may be using or intending to use the river.\n(2) Without prejudice to Article 3 of this Order, neither the Rivers Authority nor the Colchester Port Authority shall be liable for any costs, damages or expenses whatsoever incurred by any person as a result, directly or indirectly, of any closure of the river under the foregoing paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rep in pt (28.5.2001)",
      "affecting": "ukla/2001/2",
      "affecting_title": "Colchester Borough Council Act 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1760/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:40:03.542496+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."
}