{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-mersey-mersey-gateway-bridge-order-2011/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-mersey-mersey-gateway-bridge-order-2011/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/41",
  "legislation_title": "The River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-mersey-mersey-gateway-bridge-order-2011",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Protection of the new crossing, etc.",
  "text": "(1) A person may not without the consent of the undertaker use, for any purpose, any part of the authorised works.\n(2) A person may not, without the consent in writing of the undertaker—\n(a) interfere with any part of the authorised works; or\n(b) remove, move or otherwise interfere with any such work or any machinery, apparatus, tools or other things in use or intended for use in connection with the authorised activities,\nand to the extent that any activity within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) affects a navigation work the consent in writing of the relevant navigation authority shall also be required, provided that this paragraph shall not require the undertaker to obtain the consent of the relevant navigation authority except in accordance with Schedule 10 (protective provisions).\n(3) Any consents required under this article may be given subject to conditions.\n(4) A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes paragraph (1) or (2), or fails to comply with any conditions attached to a consent given by the undertaker or the relevant navigation authority under paragraph (3), shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 19 in force at 1.2.2011, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/41/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:20:37.203368+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."
}