The A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening Development Consent Order 2024

Disapplication of local legislation

54.—(1) The provisions of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Act 1793—

(a) do not apply in relation to the construction of works carried out for the purpose of, or in connection with, the construction or maintenance of the authorised development; and

(b) are subject to—

(i) any acquisition of new rights and covenants under article 30 (compulsory acquisition of new rights and imposition of restrictive covenants);

(ii) the exercise of temporary powers over land included in article 40 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development), or article 41 (temporary use of land for maintaining the authorised development).

(2) In this article “the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Act 1793” means the Public Act, 33 George III, C.93, entitled “An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Communication between the Town of Chelmsford, or some Part of the Parish of Springfield in the County of Essex, and a Place called Collier’s Reach, in or near the River Blackwater, in the said County”.