The North Killingholme Haven Harbour Empowerment Order 1994

1.  In this Part of this Schedule—

“accumulation” means any accumulation of silt or other material which affects the operation of any outfall;

“the Authority” means the National Rivers Authority;

“construction” includes execution and placing, maintenance, extension, enlargement, alteration, replacement, relaying and removal; and

“construct”and “constructed” have corresponding meanings;

“drainage work” means any watercourse and includes any land used for providing flood storage capacity for any watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure or appliance constructed or used for defence against water (including sea water);

“erosion” means any erosion of the bed or banks of the river or any jetty or other structure of whatever nature, including the Humber sea defences, under the jurisdiction of the Authority for the purposes of the Water Resources Act 1991(1);

“the fishery” means fish in, or migrating to or from, any river and the spawn, habitat or food of such fish;

“plans” includes sections, descriptions, drawings, specifications and method statements and other such particulars;

“specified work” means so much of any permanent or temporary work or operation authorised by this Order (which includes, for the avoidance of doubt, any dredging and any exploratory geotechnical investigations that may be undertaken) as is undertaken between low water mark and the Humber Bank sea defence embankment or is otherwise situated in, on, under, over or within 16 metres of a drainage work or which is otherwise likely to—

(a)

affect any drainage work or the volumetric flow rate of water in or flowing to or from any drainage work;

(b)

affect the flow, purity or quality of water in any watercourse;

(c)

cause obstruction to the free passage of fish in any watercourse;

(d)

affect the conservation, distribution or use of water resources; and

“watercourse” has the meaning given in section 221(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991.

(1)

1991 c. 57.