Crossrail Act 2008

2 (1) Before beginning any operations for the construction of any specified work, the nominated undertaker shall submit to the Port Authority plans of the work and such further particulars available to it as the Port Authority may within 14 days of the submission of the plans reasonably require.

(2) Any specified work shall not be constructed except in accordance with such plans as may be approved in writing by the Port Authority or determined under paragraph 13.

(3) Any approval of the Port Authority required under this paragraph shall not be unreasonably withheld and—

(a) shall be deemed to be given if it is neither given nor refused (with an indication of the grounds for refusal) within 28 days of the submission of the plans or where further particulars are submitted under paragraph 2(1), within 28 days of the submission of those particulars; and

(b) may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the Port Authority may make for the protection of—

(i) navigation in, or the flow or regime of, the river; or

(ii) the use of its land for the purposes of performing its statutory functions.

(4) The requirement for approval under this paragraph does not constitute any specified work a work subject to any of the controls in Part 5 of the 1968 Act.