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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-for-greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-trafford-park-extension-order-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1035",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport for Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Trafford Park Extension) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-for-greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-trafford-park-extension-order-2016",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If any canal work is abandoned, and is in such a condition that it is, or is likely to become, a danger to or to interfere with navigation, the authority may by notice in writing require the undertaker to take such reasonable steps as may be specified in the notice to remove the work and (to such extent as the authority reasonably requires) to restore the site to its former condition.\n(2) If any canal work is in such condition that it is, or is likely to become, a danger to or to interfere with navigation, the authority may by notice in writing require the undertaker to take such reasonable steps as may be specified in the notice—\n(a) to repair and restore the work or part of it; or\n(b) if the undertaker so elects, to remove the work and (to such extent as the authority reasonably requires) to restore the site to its former condition.\n(3) If—\n(a) a work which consists of a canal work and a non-canal work is abandoned or falls into decay; and\n(b) the non-canal work is in such a condition as to interfere with the right of navigation in the Canal or as to interfere with the rights of access or use of land adjacent to the Canal,\nthe authority may include the non-canal work, or any part of it, in any notice under this paragraph.\n(4) If after such reasonable period as may be specified in a notice under this paragraph the undertaker has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the requirements of the notice or after beginning has failed to make reasonably expeditious progress towards their implementation, the authority may carry out the works specified in the notice and any costs incurred by the authority in so doing are recoverable from the undertaker.\n(5) In this paragraph “canal work” means so much of any specified work as is in or over the Canal and “non-canal work” means so much of any specified work as is not in or over the Canal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1035/schedule/9/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:18:47.679730+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."
}