{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-mersey-mersey-gateway-bridge-order-2011/article-53",
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  "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/53",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Obstruction of construction of authorised works",
  "text": "Any person who, without reasonable excuse—\n(a) obstructs any person acting under the authority of the undertaker in setting out the lines of the scheduled works, or in constructing any authorised work; or\n(b) interferes with, moves or removes any apparatus belonging to any person acting under the authority of the undertaker,\nshall 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. 53 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/53",
    "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."
}