Improvement of Land Act 1864

19 The same in case of navigable Rivers and Canals.

If the Commissioners shall consider that any proposed Improvement would interfere with any navigable River or Canal respectively vested in or under the Management or Control of any Commissioners, Trustees, Conservators, Undertakers, Company, or other Body or Individuals, or the Banks or other Works or Conveniences thereof, or would occasion the Flow or Discharge into such River or Canal of any Drainage or other Matter, the Landowner shall give Notice of the Application in Writing, together with a Plan and Section of the proposed Improvement, to such Commissioners, Trustees, Conservators, Undertakers, Company or other Body, or Individuals ; and in case they shall, within One Month after the Receipt of such Notice, signify in Writing to the Commissioners their Dissent from such Application, and state the Nature of their Interest in or Authority over such River or Canal, the Commissioners shall certify such Dissent to the Landowner by whom the Application was made, and shall not sanction the Improvement unless or until such Dissent be withdrawn, or an Order be made by the High Court of Chancery in England or Ireland respectively, or by the Court of Session in Scotland, in manner herein-after provided, authorizing the Commissioners to sanction the Improvement.