{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-mersey-mersey-gateway-bridge-order-2011/schedule-10/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-mersey-mersey-gateway-bridge-order-2011/schedule-10/paragraph-31.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": "schedule/10/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Before beginning to construct any specified work other than an excluded work, the undertaker shall submit to the Agency plans of the work and such further particulars available to it as the Agency may within 28 days of the submission of the plans reasonably require.\n(2) Any such specified work other than an excluded work shall not be constructed except in accordance with such plans as may be approved in writing by the Agency, or determined under paragraph 42.\n(3) Any approval of the Agency required under this paragraph—\n(a) shall not be unreasonably withheld;\n(b) shall be deemed to have been given if it is neither given nor refused in writing and, in the case of a refusal, accompanied by a statement of the grounds for refusal, within 2 months of the submission of the plans for approval; and\n(c) may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the Agency may impose—\n(i) for the protection of any drainage work;\n(ii) for the protection of the fishery;\n(iii) for the protection of water resources;\n(iv) for the prevention of flooding;\n(v) for the prevention of water pollution; or\n(vi) for the discharge of its environmental and recreational duties.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 10 para. 31 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/schedule/10/paragraph/31",
    "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."
}