PART 3Activities to which article 4 (exemption from need for marine licence) applies, and conditions
Removal of obstruction or danger to navigation23.
(1)
Article 4 applies to a removal activity carried on by a person referred to in paragraph (2) for the purpose of removing anything causing or likely to cause obstruction or danger to navigation.
(2)
The persons are—
(a)
a conservancy authority (within the meaning given by section 313(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 199518;
(b)
a harbour authority;
(c)
a lighthouse authority;
(d)
a person having powers under any enactment or statutory order to work or maintain a canal or other inland navigation, including a navigation in tidal water.