{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-colne-barrier-wivenhoe-order-1991/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-colne-barrier-wivenhoe-order-1991/article-9.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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Subsidiary powers to Rivers Authority",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Rivers Authority may do any of the following things in connection with and for the purposes of the works on land which lies within the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plans, is acquired by them under the powers of this Order or (in the case of the things mentioned in paragraph (g) below) lies anywhere in the river, namely–\n(a) make junctions and communications between any of those works and any watercourses and any existing streets, roads, ways, bridges and footpaths;\n(b) make, provide and maintain all necessary or convenient buildings, walls, banks, revetments, embankments, borrow pits, quays, jetties, slipways, pavings, hards, moorings, piling, fences, culverts, drains, intakes, syphons, watercourses, weirs, sluices, wharves, mattresses, pitching, gabions, roads, bridges, towing paths, footpaths and landscaping works and all such mains, pipes, cables, sewers, wires, machinery, control apparatus works and appliances as may be required;\n(c) dispose of spoil or other material excavated in the execution of the works;\n(d) execute any works for the protection of any adjoining lands or buildings;\n(e) remove, alter, divert or stop up any watercourse (except the river) or sewer (not being a watercourse), the Rivers Authority providing a proper substitute before interrupting the flow of water or sewage in any such watercourse or sewer;\n(f) alter any mains, pipes, wires and other works and apparatus for conveying or transmitting water, sludge, gas, electricity or petroleum (as defined in the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928);\n(g) after consultation with the Colchester Port Authority, provide and maintain in the river navigation beacons and other navigation aids.\n(2) In the exercise of the powers conferred by this Article the Rivers Authority shall cause as little detriment and inconvenience to any person as circumstances admit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1928 c. 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rep in pt (28.5.2001)",
      "affecting": "ukla/2001/2",
      "affecting_title": "Colchester Borough Council Act 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1760/article/9",
    "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."
}