# The River Mersey (Mersey Gateway Bridge) Order 2011, Paragraph 41

Extent: E+W+S

(1) For the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (abstraction and impounding of water) and section 109 of that Act (as to structures in, over or under watercourses) as applying to the construction of any specified work, any consent or approval given or deemed to be given by the Agency under this Part of this Schedule with respect to such construction shall be deemed also to constitute an impounding licence under that Chapter or, as the case may be, a consent or approval under that section.
(2) Section 23 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (prohibition on obstructions, etc. in watercourses) and any byelaws made under that Act or under the Water Resources Act 1991 shall not apply to anything done under or in pursuance of this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/41/schedule/10/paragraph/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/river-mersey-mersey-gateway-bridge-order-2011/schedule-10/paragraph-41
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