3.—(1) The promoter shall not under the powers conferred by this Order acquire compulsorily any land of the Board relating to a waterway or any easement or other right over such land, or use any such land, unless such acquisition or use is with the consent of the Board.E+W
(2) The promoter shall not exercise the powers conferred by article 6(7)(a) (power to deviate) so as to deviate from the design of the bridge comprised in Work No.12 shown on the sections except with the consent of the Board.
(3) The promoter shall not in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order, including article 12 (temporary stopping up of streets), obstruct or interfere with pedestrian or vehicular access to—
(a)a waterway; or
(b)any way over land comprised in a waterway,
unless such obstruction or interference with such access is with the consent of the Board.
(4) Nothing in article 21 (discharge of water) shall authorise the promoter—
(a)to discharge any water directly or indirectly into a waterway; or
(b)to carry out any works to, or make any opening in, or otherwise interfere with, a waterway (including its banks and bed),
except with the consent of the Board and in accordance with plans approved by, and under the supervision (if given) of, the engineer.
(5) The promoter shall not exercise any power conferred by this Order in such a way as to interfere with the supply of water to or the drainage of water from a waterway unless such exercise is with the consent of the Board.
(6) The promoter shall not exercise the powers conferred by article 22 (safeguarding works to buildings), article 25 (power to survey and investigate land, etc.), or the powers conferred by section 11(3) of the 1965 Act, in relation to a waterway unless such exercise is with the consent of the Board.
(7) The promoter shall not exercise the powers conferred by section 271 or 272 of the 1990 Act, as applied by Schedule 11 (provisions relating to statutory undertakers, etc.), so as to divert any right of access to a waterway, but such right of access may be diverted with the consent of the Board.
(8) The consent of the Board pursuant to sub-paragraphs (1) to (7) and the approval of plans under sub-paragraph (4) shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed but may be given subject to reasonable terms and conditions which, in the case of article 21, may include conditions—
(a)specifying the maximum volume of water which may be discharged in any period;
(b)authorising the Board on giving reasonable notice to the promoter (except in an emergency, when the Board may require immediate suspension) to require the promoter to suspend the discharge of water or reduce the flow of water where this is necessary by reason of any operational requirement of the Board; and
(c)in the case of a discharge, concerning the reimbursement by the promoter of expenses reasonably incurred by the Board in disposing of the water so discharged, being expenses which the Board would not have incurred but for the discharge.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 para. 3 in force at 9.6.2009, see art. 1