{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wye-navigation-order-2002/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wye-navigation-order-2002/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1998",
  "legislation_title": "The Wye Navigation Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wye-navigation-order-2002",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Restriction on construction of works",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, no person other than the Agency shall construct, alter, renew or extend any works, or undertake any dredging, in or on the principal rivers or involving the cutting of any of the banks of the principal rivers (other than moorings laid down for vessels) unless he is licensed so to do by a works licence and except upon the terms and conditions (if any) upon which the licence is granted and in accordance with the plans, sections and particulars prescribed by the licence.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—\n(a) any works carried out pursuant to and in accordance with a notice served by the Agency under article 14;\n(b) any works of construction, alteration, renewal or extension specifically authorised by any enactment;\n(c) any works or operations by a statutory undertaker in exercise of its functions.\n(3) In formulating and carrying out any work or operation in or on the principal rivers a statutory undertaker shall comply with any reasonable direction given by the Agency for the purpose of protecting the navigation and use of the principal rivers, whether in the form of modifications to the plans, sections and particulars of the work or operation, in relation to the manner in which the work or operation is to be carried out, or otherwise.\n(4) Any person who knowingly contravenes this article or who knowingly contravenes or fails to comply with any term or condition upon which a works licence is granted by the Agency shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(5) The Agency may by notice require a person who contravenes this article to remove or abate within a reasonable time specified in the notice any works to which the contravention relates and to restore the site of the works to its former condition and, if the person to whom the notice is given fails to comply with the notice, the Agency may carry out the work required by the notice and recover the cost of doing so from that person.\n(6) Any dispute between the Agency and a statutory undertaker as to the reasonableness of any direction given by the Agency under paragraph (3) shall be determined in the manner provided by article 27(6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1998/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:51:27.293996+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}