Western Isles Council (Berneray Causeway) Order Confirmation Act 1996 (c. 13)

SCHEDULE Western Isles Council (Berneray Causeway)

Part II Works

Power to construct works

3 Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Council may, in the lines and situations and within the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plan and according to the levels shown on the deposited sections, construct, execute and maintain the work hereinafter described, with all necessary works and conveniences connected therewith in the parishes of North Uist and Harris in the Western Isles Area, that is to say—

• A causeway providing an accessway for pedestrian and vehicular traffic between the islands of North Uist and Berneray commencing at a point at NF9074479389 on the island of North Uist and extending in a generally east-north-easterly direction for a distance of 569 metres and thence through a curve in a generally north-north-easterly direction for a distance of 299 metres and there terminating at a point at NF9140379924 on the island of Berneray having a width at the level of the metalled carriageway of 10 metres constructed on a mound of broken rock protected on each seaward face by rock armour.

Power to renew, etc., works

4 Subject to the provisions of this Order the Council may, within the limits of deviation, renew, replace, or otherwise alter temporarily or permanently the authorised works.

Power to deviate

5 Subject to the provisions of this Order, in the construction or execution of the authorised works the Council may deviate laterally from the lines or situations thereof shown on the deposited plan to the extent of the limits of deviation, and may deviate vertically from the levels shown in the deposited sections to any extent not exceeding 3 metres upwards and to any extent downward.

Subsidiary works

6 Subject to the provisions of this Order the Council, for the purposes of or in connection with the authorised works, may within the limits of deviation construct, execute and maintain all such subsidiary works and conveniences as may be necessary or expedient for or in connection with the authorised works.

Works deemed to be within Western Isles Area

7 So much of the authorised works constructed or executed pursuant to this Order as are not within the Western Isles Area shall be deemed for all purposes to be within that Area.