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Cardiff Bay Barrage Act 1993

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7Power to operate barrage

(1)The Development Corporation shall have power to operate the barrage; and in this Act references to operating the barrage are references to—

(a)opening or closing any lock gates, sluices or gates in the barrage,

(b)controlling the flow of water in the fish passes in the barrage, or

(c)managing any roadway, bridge or other structure or equipment forming part of the barrage.

(2)The power conferred by subsection (1) above shall be exercised so as to safeguard and improve the environment and amenities of the inland bay.

(3)Subsection (2) above shall not prevent the exercise of the power conferred by subsection (1) above in order—

(a)to prevent or alleviate flooding or to meet any other emergency,

(b)to ascertain the safest and most effective ways of using the barrage, to test its working or to train staff in its operation, or

(c)to facilitate the construction, maintenance, alteration, replacement or re-laying of any works in or beside the inland bay.

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