{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-thames-hungerford-footbridges-order-1999/schedule-9/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-thames-hungerford-footbridges-order-1999/schedule-9/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2981",
  "legislation_title": "The River Thames (Hungerford Footbridges) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-thames-hungerford-footbridges-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Before beginning to construct the specified works and again at the written request of the Agency following their completion, the undertaker shall at its own expense and to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency, conduct a survey of the condition of the river walls on each side of the River Thames so far as situated within 100 metres of the centreline of the Charing Cross Railway Bridge and submit a report upon their condition to the Agency.\n(2) If any defects are identified in the initial survey conducted pursuant to sub-paragraph (1) above, being defects which may be affected by the construction of the specified works, the undertaker shall monitor the defects not less than once every 4 weeks, where tides permit, during the construction of the specified works in accordance with such reasonable requirements as the Agency may specify or, if the Agency reasonably requires having regard to the results of any such monitoring, at such lesser intervals as the Agency may specify.\n(3) Before beginning to construct the specified works and thereafter at 2 weekly intervals until their completion, or at such greater intervals as the Agency may agree for the period following the completion of foundation works comprised in the specified works, the undertaker shall at its own expense and to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency survey the levels of the foreshore within 200 metres of the specified works and submit a report upon those levels to the Agency.\n(4) The survey required under sub-paragraph (3) above shall be undertaken at points corresponding to the intersection of grid lines spaced at 10 metre intervals parallel to the river walls and at 50 metre intervals at right angles to the River Thames.\n(5) If during the construction of the specified works, any defects in the river walls deteriorate or scouring or siltation of the foreshore exceeds an average of 150 millimetres from the initial measurements taken on any two adjacent grid lines 50 metres apart, the undertaker shall immediately cease the construction of the authorised works and not re-commence the construction otherwise than in accordance with such reasonable requirements as may be specified by the Agency which may include changes to working methods and the completion of mitigation works.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2981/schedule/9/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:12.577860+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."
}