The Bridgwater Tidal Barrier Order 2022

11.—(1) Nothing in paragraph 10 imposes any liability on the Agency with respect to any damage to the extent that it is attributable to any prior defect, want of maintenance or want of repair to the beds or banks of the river or other harbour property or to the act, neglect or default of the Harbour Authority, its officers, servants, contractors or agents.

(2) The fact that any work or thing has been executed or done in accordance with a plan approved or deemed to be approved by the Harbour Authority, or to its satisfaction, or in accordance with a determination under article 68 (arbitration), does not (in the absence of negligence on the part of the Harbour Authority, its officers, servants, contractors or agents) relieve the Agency from any liability under the provisions of this Schedule.