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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-colne-barrier-wivenhoe-order-1991/article-23",
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  "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/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Survey of tidal works",
  "text": "The Secretary of State for Transport may at any time if he deems it expedient 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 him in any such survey and examination shall be recoverable from the Rivers Authority as a simple contract debt.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1760/article/23",
    "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."
}