Article 23 Protection of tunnel, etc.
A person may not without the consent in writing of the undertaker (which may be given subject to conditions)—
use, for the purpose of landing or embarking persons or landing or loading goods from or into any vessel, the tunnel, any of the tunnel units, any tunnel approach works or any work constructed for the purposes of or in connection with the tunnel pursuant to this Order;
interfere with the tunnel, any of the tunnel units, any tunnel approach works or any backfilling or scour protection provided for the purposes of or in connection with the tunnel;
remove, move or otherwise interfere with any such work or any machinery, apparatus, tools or other things in use or intended for use in constructing the tunnel; or
moor any vessel within 50 metres (measured horizontally) of the tunnel.
A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes paragraph (1) above, or fails to comply with any conditions attached to a consent given by the undertaker under that paragraph, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
In this paragraph—
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“tunnel approach works” means works for providing access to the tunnel on either side of the river; and
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“tunnel units” means sections of concrete, steel or other material (or combination of materials) designed to be attached together so as to constitute the framework of the tunnel.