{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-thames-hungerford-footbridges-variation-order-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-thames-hungerford-footbridges-variation-order-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/4038",
  "legislation_title": "The River Thames (Hungerford Footbridges) (Variation) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-thames-hungerford-footbridges-variation-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TRANSPORT AND WORKS, ENGLAND\nMade 20th November 2001\nComing into force 11th December 2001\nWhereas an application has been made to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2000 made under sections 6, 6A 7 and 10 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 (“the Act”), for an Order under section 3 of the Act;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State is satisfied that the provision of an alternative right of way for each of the streets mentioned in Part II of Schedule 4 to the River Thames (Hungerford Footbridges) Order 1999 as substituted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order is not required;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has determined to make an Order giving effect to the proposals contained in the application with modifications which in his opinion do not make any substantial change in the proposals;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State is of the opinion that the primary object of this Order cannot be achieved by means of an Order under the Harbours Act 1964;\nAnd whereas notice of the Secretary of State’s determination was published in the London Gazette on 19th November 2001;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 5 of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Act and by the Transport and Works (Description of Works Interfering with Navigation) Order 1992 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2000/2190."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1964 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/3230. This Order was amended by S.I. 1997/2906 but those amendments are not relevant for the purposes of this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/4038/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:18:21.178920+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."
}