Article 8 Survey of tidal works
The Secretary of State 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 the Secretary of State in any such survey and examination shall be recoverable from the undertaker.
Subject to paragraph (3) such surveys shall not be ordered more frequently than once a year, and before ordering such a survey the Secretary of State shall—
consult the undertaker in order to establish what relevant survey information is already available; and
give the undertaker an opportunity to carry out the survey itself.
Paragraph (2) shall not apply in an emergency.
Paragraphs (1) to (3) apply to A. B. Ports as if it were the Secretary of State.
A. B. Ports’ annual survey of the river in the performance of its functions as navigation authority shall not be treated as a survey ordered by A. B. Ports under this article.