Article 15 Period for completion of worksI1

If the works are not completed within five years from the date of the coming into force of this Order or such extended time as the Scottish Ministers may on the application of the Trust allow by consent given in writing, then on the expiration of that period or such extended time (as the case may be) the powers by this Order granted to the Trust for making and maintaining those works shall cease except as to so much of those works as is then substantially commenced.

A consent given under paragraph (1) may be given unconditionally or subject to terms and conditions.

As soon as reasonably practicable after a consent is given under paragraph (1), the Trust shall arrange for a notice to be published in the Edinburgh Gazette and in a local newspaper circulating in the area where the port is situated and the notice shall contain a concise summary of that consent.

During the period of one month beginning with the date on which any notice is published in a local newspaper under paragraph (3), a copy of the consent referred to in that notice shall be kept by the Trust at the offices of the Trust situated at the port and shall at reasonable hours be open to public inspection without payment.

The works shall be deemed to be substantially commenced for the purposes of paragraph (1) for Work No. 1 where infilling has commenced, and for the other works where any dredging has taken place.