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Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 2604

harbours, docks, piers and ferries

The Humber Sea Terminal (Phase III) Harbour Revision Order 2006

Made

21st September 2006

Coming into force

12th October 2006

Humber Sea Terminal Limited has applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964(1);

The Secretary of State is satisfied as mentioned in section 14(2)(b) of that Act;

The Secretary of State (being the appropriate Minister under sub-section (7) of section 14(2) of that Act), in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and now vested in him(3) makes the following Order:

PART 1PRELIMINARY

Citation and Commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Humber Sea Terminal (Phase III) Harbour Revision Order 2006 and comes into force on 12th October 2006.

(2) The North Killingholme Haven Harbour Empowerment Order 1994(4) and this Order may be cited together as the Humber Sea Terminal Orders 1994 to 2006.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“1994 Order” means the North Killingholme Haven Harbour Empowerment Order 1994;

“A.B. Ports” means Associated British Ports;

“the Company” means Humber Sea Terminal Limited (previously called Simon Storage Group Limited) which is registered in England and Wales with the number 278815;

“deposited plan” and “deposited sections” mean respectively the plan and sections prepared in triplicate signed by the Head of Ports Division in the Department for Transport and marked “Plan and sections referred to in the Humber Sea Terminal (Phase III) Harbour Revision Order 2006” one copy of which is deposited at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, one at the principal office of A.B. Ports and one at the registered office of the Company;

“the Dockmaster” means the Dockmaster of the Company at Humber Sea Terminal;

“the Harbour Master” means the harbour master appointed by A.B. Ports under section 5 (Appointment of harbour master) of the British Transport Docks Act 1972(5) and includes his deputies and assistants;

“the jetty premises” means the works authorised by the Humber Sea Terminal Orders 1994 to 2006 and the land and premises at any time belonging to, or vested in, the Company and used or set aside for the purposes of, or in connection with, the commercial management and operation of those works;

“level of high water” means the level of mean high-water springs;

“limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation shown on the deposited plans;

“the river” means the River Humber;

“tidal work” means so much of the works as is on, under or over tidal waters or tidal lands below the level of high water;

“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;

“vessel” means every description of vessel, however propelled or moved, including a hovercraft (within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968)(6), a hydrofoil vessel and anything constructed or used to carry persons or goods by water; and

“the works” means the works authorised by this Order.

(2) All points, directions, lengths, areas and other measurements stated in this Order (other than the limits of deviation) shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such point, direction, length, area or other measurement.

(3) Reference points specified in this Order shall be construed as references to Ordnance Survey National Grid reference points.

Incorporation of the North Killingholme Haven Harbour Empowerment Order 1994

3. The provisions of Articles 3, and 19 to 25 of the 1994 Order, so far as applicable to the purposes of and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, are hereby incorporated with this Order and apply to the works authorised by this Order.

PART 2LIMITS OF JURISDICTION

Limits of jurisdiction

4.—(1) The area within which the Company shall exercise jurisdiction as a harbour authority and within which the powers of its Dockmaster shall be exercised shall comprise the jetty premises together with so much of the river as is within the area of water adjacent to those premises and which is bounded by an imaginary line 100 metres from the jetty premises.

(2) The jurisdiction of the Company as a harbour authority and the powers of its Dockmaster conferred under or by virtue of the Humber Sea Terminal Orders 1994 to 2006 shall be exercised only in relation to vessels going to, moored at or departing from the jetty premises and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall not be exercised in relation to any vessel navigating or at anchor in the river unless any such vessel is obstructing the approaches to the works.

(3) In case of conflict between any direction given by the Harbour Master and any direction given by the Dockmaster of the Company, the direction of the Harbour Master shall prevail.

PART 3WORKS

Power to construct works

5.—(1) The Company may, in the lines or situations and within the limits of deviation and according to the levels shown on the deposited sections, make and maintain the following works, in North Lincolnshire—

Work No. 1
A fixed jetty of open construction with bearing piles, breasting and mooring structures, access structures and a reinforced steel or concrete platform commencing at point TA 16813, 20401 and terminating at point TA 16943, 20234, and having an overall length of 211 metres and an overall width of 14 metres.
Work No. 2
A reinforced concrete or steel pontoon providing access to Work No. 1 with bearing/restraining piles and access ramps/stairways commencing at point TA 16746, 20373 and terminating at point TA 16843, 20449 and having an overall length of 123 metres and an overall width of 40 metres.
Work No. 3
An approach bridge and linkspan from the works constructed pursuant to the 1994 Order to Work No. 2 of open construction with bearing piles and a reinforced concrete and steel platform, commencing at point TA 16615, 20282 and terminating at point TA 16764, 20399 and having an overall length of 190 metres and an overall width of 22 metres.

(2) The Company may within the limits of deviation reconstruct, renew, alter, extend, enlarge, add to, replace or relay the works and may maintain the same as reconstructed, renewed, altered, extended, enlarged, added to, replaced or relaid.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision of the North Killingholme Pier Act 1912(7), the North Killingholme Admiralty Pier Act 1931(8) and the Killingholme Jetty Act 1963(9) the Company may break out and remove the existing timber jetty structure shown on the deposited plans.

(4) No part of the works shall involve the Company undertaking piling works between 1 November 2006 and 31 January 2007 or 15 October to 15 February inclusive in any subsequent year, unless the carrying out of such piling works between those dates has been approved in writing by the Secretary of State for Transport and English Nature.

(5) The works shall for all purposes form part of the undertaking of the Company.

Power to deviate

6. In the construction of the works the Company may deviate laterally from the lines or situations thereof shown on the deposited plan to the extent of the limits of deviation and may deviate vertically from the levels shown on the deposited sections to any extent not exceeding three metres upwards and to any extent downwards as may be found necessary or convenient.

Subsidiary works

7. The Company may from time to time within the limits of deviation make such trial boreholes or erect, construct and maintain whether temporarily or permanently all such works and conveniences as may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of or in connection with or incidental to the construction, maintenance or use of the works.

Period for commencement of works

8. If the works are not commenced within ten years from the coming into force of this Order or such extended time as the Secretary of State may on the application of the Company allow, then the powers by this Order granted to the Company for making and maintaining the works shall cease except as to so much thereof as is then substantially complete.

Works to be within district of North Lincolnshire, etc

9.—(1) So much of the works as are beyond mean low water shall be deemed to be within—

(a)the district of North Lincolnshire;

(b)the petty sessional division of Barton on Humber;

(c)the Ferry ward.

(2) During the period between the coming into force of this Order and the date when the works have been completed each of the areas mentioned in paragraph (1) above shall be deemed to include all lands beyond mean low water which are within the limits of deviation.

(3) Nothing in this article shall require the performance of any functions under the Ordnance Survey Act 1841(10) until the Company has certified in writing to the Director General of Ordnance Survey that the works have been completed.

Power to dredge

10.—(1) Subject to article 20, the Company may, for the purposes of constructing and maintaining the works and of affording access to the works by vessels, from time to time deepen, dredge, scour, cleanse, alter and improve so much of the bed, shores and channels of the river adjoining or near to the works in accordance with the deposited plans and sections (unless the Secretary of State for Transport and English Nature shall approve otherwise in writing) and may use, appropriate or dispose of the materials from time to time dredged by them.

(2) No materials referred to in this article shall—

(a)be disposed of in contravention of the provisions of any enactment relating to the disposal of waste; or

(b)be deposited below the level of mean high-water springs otherwise than in such places and under such conditions and restrictions as may be approved or prescribed by the Secretary of State.

(3) The power to use, appropriate or dispose of materials referred to in this article does not extend to wreck (within the meaning of Part IX (Salvage and Wreck) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995)(11).

(4) The Company shall not exercise the powers conferred upon them by this article except with the written consent of A.B. Ports (which it shall not unreasonably withhold) and in accordance with such conditions and restrictions as may be reasonably prescribed by A.B. Ports.

Obstruction of works

11. Any person who intentionally obstructs any person acting under the authority of the Company in setting out the lines of the works, or who interferes with, moves or removes any pole, stake, station point or bench mark established for the purpose of such setting out, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Tidal works not to be executed without the approval of the Secretary of State

12.—(1) A tidal work shall not be constructed, reconstructed, renewed, added to, extended, enlarged, altered, replaced or relaid except in accordance with plans and sections approved by the Secretary of State and subject to any conditions and restrictions imposed by him before the work is begun.

(2) If a tidal work is constructed, reconstructed, renewed, added to, extended, enlarged, altered, replaced or relaid in contravention of this article—

(a)the Secretary of State may by notice in writing require the Company at its own expense to remove the tidal work or any part thereof and restore the site thereof to its former condition; and if, on the expiration of 30 days from the date when the notice is served upon the Company it has failed to take reasonable steps to comply with the requirements of the notice, the Secretary of State may take the steps specified in the notice; or

(b)if it appears to the Secretary of State urgently necessary so to do, he may remove the tidal work, or part of it, and restore the site to its former condition;

and any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in so doing shall be recoverable from the Company.

Lights on tidal works during construction

13.—(1) The Company shall at or near a tidal work during the whole time of its construction, reconstruction, renewal, extension, enlargement, alteration, replacement or relaying or the making of any addition to it, exhibit every night from sunset to sunrise such lights, if any, and take such other steps for the prevention of danger to navigation as the Secretary of State and A.B. Ports, or (failing agreement between them) the Secretary of State, shall from time to time direct.

(2) If the Company fails to comply with any requirement of a direction given under this article it shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

Provision against danger to navigation

14.—(1) In case of injury to or destruction or decay of a tidal work or any part thereof the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify A.B. Ports and shall lay down such buoys, exhibit such lights and take such other steps for preventing danger to navigation as A.B. Ports may from time to time direct.

(2) If the Company fail to notify A.B. Ports as required by this article or to comply with any requirement of a direction given under this article it shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

Abatement of works abandoned or decayed

15.—(1) Where a tidal work is abandoned, or suffered to fall into decay, the Secretary of State or A.B. Ports may by notice in writing require the Company at its own expense either to repair and restore the work or any part thereof, or to remove the work and restore the site thereof to its former condition, to such an extent and within such limits as the Secretary of State and A.B. Ports, or (failing agreement between them) the Secretary of State, thinks proper.

(2) Where a work consisting partly of a tidal work and partly of works on or over land above the level of high water is abandoned or suffered to fall into decay and that part of the work on or over land above the level of high water is in such a condition as to interfere or to cause reasonable apprehension that it may interfere with the right of navigation or other public rights over the foreshore, the Secretary of State or A.B. Ports may include that part of the work, or any portion thereof, in any notice under this article.

(3) If, on the expiration of 30 days from the date when a notice under this article is served upon the Company, it has failed to comply with the requirements of the notice, the Secretary of State or A.B. Ports may take the steps specified in the notice and may recover the reasonable costs incurred in doing so from the Company.

Survey of tidal works

16. If the Secretary of State or A.B. Ports deems it expedient to do so, the Secretary of State or A.B. Ports may order a survey and examination of a tidal work or of the site upon which it is proposed to construct such a work, and may recover the reasonable costs of that survey and examination from the Company.

Permanent lights on tidal works

17.—(1) After the completion of a tidal work the Company shall at the outer extremity thereof exhibit every night from sunset to sunrise such lights, if any, and take such other steps, if any, for the prevention of danger to navigation as A.B. Ports may from time to time direct.

(2) If the Company fail to comply in any respect with a direction given under this article it shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

PART 4MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

Power to mortgage jetty premises

18. The Company may mortgage, charge or otherwise encumber the jetty premises.

Disapplication of regulation 60 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats &c) Regulations 1994

19.—(1) Regulation 60 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994(12) (“the Habitats Regulations”) shall not apply to any planning permission which relates to the works and which is granted by article 3(1) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995(13) for the class of development described as permitted development in Part 11 of Schedule 2 to that Order.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if and to the extent that the works—

(a)do not form part of the plan and project which was subject to an appropriate assessment in accordance with regulation 48 of the Habitats Regulations in connection with the making of this Order; and

(b)are not subject to a further consent, permission or authorisation by a competent authority as defined in the Habitats Regulations.

Crown rights

20.—(1) Nothing in this Order affects prejudicially any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown and, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, nothing in this Order authorises any person to take, use, enter upon or in any manner interfere with, any land or hereditaments or any rights of whatsoever description (including any portion of the shore or bed of the sea or of any river, channel, creek, bay or estuary)—

(a)belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her Crown and under the management of the Crown Estate Commissioners, without the consent in writing of those Commissioners; or

(b)belonging to a government department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department, without the consent in writing of that government department.

(2) A consent under paragraph (1) above may be given unconditionally or subject to such conditions and upon such terms as may be considered necessary or appropriate.

Saving for Trinity House

21. None of the provisions of this Order shall prejudice or derogate from any of the rights, duties or privileges of Trinity House.

Protection of interests

22.—(1) The Schedule to this Order shall have effect for protecting the interests of the bodies specified in that Schedule (being bodies who may be affected by other provisions of this Order).

(2) Where under the Schedule to this Order any difference is to be determined by arbitration and a contrary intention is not elsewhere expressed, the difference shall be referred to, and settled by, a single arbitrator to be agreed between the parties or in default of agreement, to be appointed on the application of either party, after giving notice in writing to the other, by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Special exemptions

23. Section 5 (Removal of obstructions) of the Humber Conservancy Act 1899(14) and section 6 (No erections in Humber below river lines or without licence above river lines) of the Humber Conservancy Act 1905(15) shall not apply to the works, and section 8 (Sand &c. not to be removed from bed or foreshore of River Humber without licence of Commissioners) of the latter Act shall not apply to the exercise by the Company of the powers of article 10 of this Order.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Phil Carey

Head of Ports Division

Department for Transport

21st September 2006

Article 23(1)

SCHEDULE 1PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS

PART 1PROTECTION OF ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS

1. In this Part of this Schedule—

“accumulation” means any accumulation of silt or other material which constitutes an impediment to navigation;

“construction” includes execution and placing, maintenance, extension, enlargement, alteration, replacement, relaying, and removal, and “construct” and “constructed” shall be construed accordingly;

“erosion” means any erosion of the bed or banks of the river or any jetty or other structure of whatever nature owned or occupied by A.B. Ports;

“plans” includes sections, descriptions, drawings and specifications.

2.—(1) Before commencing the construction of a tidal work the Company shall furnish to A.B. Ports for its approval, which it shall not unreasonably withhold, plans of the work showing the general mode of construction; and that such works

(a)shall not be constructed otherwise than in accordance with such plans as may be approved by A.B. Ports or as may be determined as hereinafter provided, and

(b)shall be executed to the reasonable satisfaction of A.B. Ports.

(2) When submitting plans to the Secretary of State pursuant to article 12 of this Order, the Company shall

(a)send a copy of those plans to A.B. Ports, and

(b)on receipt of approval of plans or of any conditions or restrictions imposed by the Secretary of State, send a copy to A.B. Ports.

(3) In the event of A.B. Ports failing to express its disapproval of any plans within 56 days after they have been delivered to it under this paragraph, it shall be deemed to have approved them.

3. The Company shall give to A.B. Ports not less than 14 days’ written notice of its intention to commence the construction of a tidal work and, not more than 14 days after completion of such construction, shall give to A.B. Ports written notice of such completion.

4. The Company shall at all reasonable times during construction of the works and thereafter allow A.B. Ports, its servants and agents, access to the works and all reasonable facilities for inspection of any tidal work.

5. After the purpose of any temporary works has been accomplished the Company shall with all reasonable dispatch, or after a reasonable period of notice in writing from A.B. Ports requiring the Company so to do, remove any such temporary works or any materials relating thereto which may have been placed below the level of high water by or on behalf of the Company; and, on failing to so do within a reasonable period after receiving such notice, A.B. Ports may remove the same and may recover the reasonable costs of doing so from the Company.

6.—(1) If—

(a)during the construction of a tidal work or within 10 years after the completion of that work and wholly or partly in consequence of its construction or,

(b)during the exercise of the powers conferred by article 10 of this Order or within 10 years thereafter and wholly or partly in consequence thereof

there is caused or created an accumulation or erosion, the Company, if so requested by A.B. Ports acting reasonably before or within the period of 19 years after such completion or exercise, shall remedy such accumulation or erosion to the extent attributable to such construction or exercise of powers in the manner specified in sub-paragraph (3) and, if it refuses or fails to do so, A.B. Ports may itself cause the work to be done and may recover the reasonable cost of doing so from the Company.

(2) If any accumulation or erosion in consequence of such construction or exercise of the powers conferred under article 10 arises within the said period of 10 years and is remedied in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), any recurrence of such accumulation or erosion shall from time to time be so remedied by the Company during the said period of 10 years and at any time thereafter, save that the Company’s obligation under this paragraph shall cease if, following the remedying of any accumulation or erosion, a period of 10 years elapses without any further accumulation or erosion being caused or created in consequence of such construction or exercise.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) above—

(a)in the case of an accumulation, the remedy shall be its removal; and

(b)in the case of erosion, the remedy shall be the carrying out of such reconstruction works and other protective works or measures as may be necessary.

(4) In the event that surveys, inspection, tests and sampling carried out pursuant to paragraph 8(1)(b) of this Part of this Schedule establish that such accumulation or erosion would have been caused in any event by factors other than the construction of a tidal work or the exercise of the powers conferred by article 10, the Company shall be liable to remedy such accumulation or erosion only to the extent that the same is attributable to such construction or exercise.

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) the date of completion of a work shall be the date on which it is brought into use.

7. The Company shall—

(a)pay to A.B. Ports the reasonable costs of such alterations to the marking and lighting of the navigational channel of the river as may be necessary during or in consequence of the construction of a tidal work;

(b)provide and maintain on any tidal work such fog-signalling apparatus as may be reasonably required by A.B. Ports and properly operate such apparatus during periods of restricted visibility for the purpose of warning vessels of the existence of those works; and

(c)afford to A.B. Ports such facilities as it may reasonably require for the placing and maintenance on any tidal work of signals, tide-boards, tide-gauges or other apparatus for the safety or benefit of navigation.

8.—(1) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Part of this Schedule, the Company shall be responsible for, and make good to A.B. Ports, all losses, costs, charges, damages and expenses however caused (including a reasonable and proper proportion of the overhead charges of A.B. Ports) which may reasonably be incurred by or occasioned to A.B. Ports by reason of or arising from or in connection with—

(a)the perusal of plans and the inspection of any of the tidal works or the regulation of the exercise of powers conferred by article 10 by A.B. Ports or its duly authorised representative;

(b)the carrying out of surveys, inspections, tests and sampling within and of the river (including the bed and banks thereof)—

(i)to establish the marine conditions prevailing prior to the construction of any of the tidal works in such area of the river as A.B. Ports has reasonable cause to believe may subsequently be affected by any accumulation or erosion which the Company is liable to remedy under paragraph 6; and

(ii)where A.B. Ports has reasonable cause to believe that the construction of any of the tidal works or the exercise of the powers conferred by article 10 is causing or has caused any accumulation or erosion as aforesaid;

(c)the construction of any of the tidal works or the exercise of the powers conferred by the said article 10, the failure of any of the tidal works or the undertaking by A.B. Ports of works or measures to prevent or remedy danger or impediment to navigation or damage to any property of A.B. Ports arising from such construction, exercise or failure;

(d)any act or omission of the Company or their servants or agents whilst engaged in the construction of any of the tidal works or the exercise of the powers conferred by article 10.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1), the Company shall indemnify A.B. Ports from and against all claims and demands arising out of, or in connection with, such construction, exercise, failure or act or omission as is mentioned in that sub-paragraph.

(3) Nothing in this paragraph shall impose any liability on the Company to the extent that any losses, costs, charges, damages, expenses, claims or demands referred to in sub-paragraphs (1) or (2) is attributable to negligence on the part of A.B. Ports or of any person in its employ or of its contractors or agents.

(4) A.B. Ports shall give to the Company notice in writing of any claim or demand for which the Company may be liable under this paragraph and no settlement or compromise of any such claim or demand shall be made without the consent in writing of the Company.

9. The fact that any work or thing has been executed or done with the consent of A.B. Ports and in accordance with any conditions or restrictions prescribed by A.B. Ports or in accordance with plans approved or deemed to be approved by A.B. Ports or to its satisfaction or in accordance with any directions or award of any arbitrator or in accordance with any plans approved by the Secretary of State and any conditions or restrictions imposed by him, shall not relieve the Company from any liability under the provisions of this Part of this Schedule.

10. With the exception of any duty owed by A.B. Ports to the Company expressly provided for in the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Schedule, nothing in this Order shall be construed as imposing upon A.B. Ports, either directly or indirectly, any form of duty or liability to which A.B. Ports would not otherwise be subject which is enforceable by proceedings before any court.

11. Nothing in this Order shall affect prejudicially any statutory or other rights, powers or privileges vested in, or enjoyed by, A.B. Ports or the Harbour Master at the commencement of this Order or any title of A.B. Ports in, to or over any lands or foreshore held or acquired by it.

12. Any difference arising between the Company and A.B. Ports under this Part of this Schedule shall be determined by arbitration.

PART 2PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

1.—(1) The following provisions shall apply for the protection of the Agency unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and the Agency.

(2) In this Part of this Schedule—

“accumulation” means any accumulation of silt or other material;

“the Agency” means the Environment Agency;

“completion” in relation to a work means when it is brought into use;

“construction” includes execution and placing, maintenance, extension, enlargement, alteration, replacement, relaying and removal and “construct” and “constructed” shall be construed accordingly;

“damage” includes scouring, erosion and environmental damage and “damaged” shall be construed accordingly;

“drainage work” means any watercourse and includes any land which provides or is expected to provide flood storage capacity for any watercourse and any bank, wall, embankment or other structure, or any appliance, constructed or used for land drainage, flood defence or tidal monitoring;

“erosion” means any erosion of the bed or shore of the sea or the bed or banks of the river or any jetty or other structure of whatever nature, including the Humber Sea Defences;

“the fishery” means any waters containing fish and fish in, or migrating to or from such waters and the spawn, habitat or food of such fish;

“the Humber Sea Defences” includes any wall, bank, embankment, (including any berm, counterwall or cross wall connected thereto) barrier, tidal sluice or other defences whether natural or artificial against the tidal waters of the River Humber;

“plans” includes sections, drawings, specifications and method statements;

“specified work” means any permanent or temporary work or operation authorised by this Order (including any dredging and any exploratory geotechnical investigations that may be undertaken) riverward of, but including any work to, the Humber Sea Defences;

“watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers and passages through which water flows (whether or not the flow is intermittent) except a public sewer.

2.—(1) Before beginning to construct any specified work, the Company shall submit to the Agency plans of the work and such further particulars available to it as the Agency may within 28 days of the submission of the plans reasonably require.

(2) Any such specified work shall not be constructed except in accordance with such plans as may be approved in writing by the Agency, or determined under paragraph 14.

(3) Any approval of the Agency required under this paragraph—

(a)shall not be unreasonably withheld;

(b)shall be deemed to have been given if it is neither given nor refused in writing and in the case of a refusal, accompanied by a statement of the grounds for refusal within two months of the submission of the plans for approval; and

(c)may be given subject to such reasonable requirements as the Agency may make in the discharge of its environmental and recreational duties for the protection of any drainage work or the fishery or for the protection of water resources, or for the prevention of flooding or pollution.

3. Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 2, the requirements which the Agency may make under that paragraph include—

(a)conditions as to the time and the manner in which any work or operation is to be carried out;

(b)conditions requiring the Company at its own expense—

(i)to provide or maintain means of access for the Agency;

(ii)to construct such protective works, whether temporary or permanent, during the construction of the specified works (including the provision of flood banks, walls or embankments, outfalls and other new works and the strengthening, repair or renewal of existing banks, walls or embankments, outfalls or other works) as are reasonably necessary to safeguard any drainage work against damage or to secure that its efficiency for flood defence purposes is not impaired and that the risk of flooding is not otherwise increased by reason of any specified work;

(iii)to monitor accumulation, erosion or alteration of the tidal flow arising during the construction or following the completion of the specified works;

(iv)to provide, maintain and operate arrangements for dealing with any pollution incidents which may occur during and as a result of the construction of the specified works.

4.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any specified work, approved under paragraph 3, and all protective works required by the Agency under paragraph 3, shall be constructed—

(a)within such reasonable period (if any) as the Agency may approve at the time of approval or upon an application by the Company thereafter (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld);

(b)in accordance with the plans approved or deemed to have been approved or settled under this Schedule; and

(c)to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency;

and the Agency shall be entitled by its officer to watch and inspect the construction of such works.

(2) The Company shall give to the Agency not less than 14 days’ prior notice in writing of the commencement of construction of any specified work and notice in writing of its completion not later than 7 days after the date thereof.

(3) If any part of the works comprising a structure in, over or under a watercourse is constructed otherwise than in accordance with the requirements of this Part of this Schedule, the Agency may by notice in writing require the Company at the Company’s own expense to comply with the requirements of this Part of this Schedule or (if the Company so elects and the Agency in writing consents, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to remove, alter or pull down the work and, where removal is required, to restore the site to its former condition to such extent as the Agency reasonably requires.

(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), if within a reasonable period, being not less than 28 days from the date when a notice under sub-paragraph (3) is served upon the Company, the Company has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the reasonable requirements of the notice and thereafter to complete them within such reasonable period as may be specified in such notice, the Agency may take the steps specified in the notice and may recover the reasonable costs of doing so from the Company.

(5) In the event of any dispute as to whether sub-paragraph (4) is properly applicable to any work in respect of which notice has been served under sub-paragraph (3), or as to the reasonableness of any requirement of such a notice, the Agency shall not except in emergency exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (4) until the dispute has been finally determined.

5.—(1) If, during the construction of a specified work of within 10 years after the completion of such work, there is caused or created an accumulation or erosion or alteration of the tidal flow or littoral drift which in whole or in part in reasonably attributable to that work, the Company shall, if so required by the Agency before or within the period of 10 years after such completion and to the extent that it is so attributable, remedy such accumulation, erosion, alteration of tidal flow or littoral drift, in the manner specified in sub-paragraph (3) and, if it refuses or fails to do so, the Agency may itself cause such remedy to be carried out and may recover the reasonable cost of doing so from the Company.

(2) If any accumulation or erosion or alternation of the tidal flow or littoral drift arise in consequence of such construction within the said period of 10 years and be required to be remedied in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), any continuation or recurrence of such accumulation or erosion or alteration of the tidal flow or littoral drift shall from time to time be so remedied by the Company during the said period of 10 years and at any time thereafter, save that the Company’s obligation under this paragraph shall cease if following the remedying of any accumulation or erosion of alteration of the tidal flow or littoral drift, a period of 10 years elapses without any further accumulation or erosion or alteration of the tidal flow or littoral drift.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2)

(a)in the case of an accumulation, the remedy shall be its removal or such other protective works or measures as may be reasonably required by the Agency; and

(b)in the case of erosion or alteration of tidal flow or littoral drift, the remedy shall be the carrying out of such reconstruction works and/or other protective works or measures as may be reasonably required by the Agency.

(4) To the extent that the Company establishes by surveys, inspections, tests or sampling and without unreasonably delaying the execution of any remedial action required under sub-paragraph (2) that such accumulation or erosion or alteration of tidal flow or littoral drift would have been caused in any event by factors other than the construction of a specified work the Company shall not be liable to remedy such accumulation or erosion or alteration of tidal flow or littoral drift.

6.—(1) Before commencing the construction of a specified work the Company shall procure at its expense in liaison with and to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency a survey of any drainage work liable to be affected by that specified work.

(2) Any specified work, which provides a defence against flooding, shall be maintained by and at the expense of the Company to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency;

(3) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (2) but subject to sub-paragraph (4), the Company shall, from the commencement of the construction of the specified works and except to the extent that any approval given by the Agency under this Part of this Schedule permits otherwise, maintain in good repair and condition and free from obstruction any drainage work which is situated both within the limits of deviation and on land owned by the Company or which it otherwise has control of or is in occupation of for the purposes of or in connection with the specified works, whether or not the drainage work is constructed under the powers of this Order or is already in existence.

(4) The obligation imposed on the Company by sub-paragraph (3) does not apply where the Agency or another person is liable to maintain the drainage work in question and is not precluded by the exercise of the powers of this Order from doing so.

(5) If any drainage work referred to in paragraph (3) is not maintained in good repair and free from obstruction the Agency may by notice in writing require the Company to repair and restore the work, or any part of it, or (if the Company so elects and the Agency in writing consents, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), to remove the work and restore the site (including sea defences) to its former condition, to such extent and within such limits as the Agency thinks proper.

(6) If, within a reasonable period being not less than 28 days from the date when a written notice under sub-paragraph (5) is served on the Company, the Company has failed to begin taking steps to comply with the reasonable requirements of the notice and thereafter to complete them within such reasonable period as may be specified in the notice, the Agency may take the steps specified in the notice and may recover the reasonable costs of doing so from the Company.

(7) In the event of any dispute as to the reasonableness of any requirement of a notice served under sub-paragraph (5), the Agency shall not except in an emergency exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (6) until the dispute has been finally determined.

7. If by reason of the construction of any specified work or by reason of the failure of any such work or of the Company to maintain it, the efficiency of any drainage work for flood defence purposes is impaired, or such a drainage work is otherwise damaged, that impairment or damage shall be made good by the Company to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agency and if the Company fails to do so within such reasonable period as the Agency may require by notice in writing to the Company, the Agency may make good the same and may recover the reasonable costs of doing so from the Company.

8.—(1) The Company shall take all such measures as may be reasonably practicable to prevent any interruption of the free passage of fish in the fishery during the construction of any specified work.

(2) If by reason of—

(a)the construction of any specified work; or

(b)the failure of any such work,

damage to the fishery is caused, or the Agency has reason to expect that such damage may be caused, the Agency may serve written notice on the Company requiring it to take such steps as may be reasonably practicable to make good the damage, or, as the case may be, to protect the fishery against such damage.

(3) If within such time as may be reasonably practicable for that purpose after the receipt of written notice from the Agency of any damage or expected damage to a fishery, the Company fails to take such steps as are described in the written notice served under sub-paragraph (2), the Agency may take those steps and may recover the reasonable costs of doing so from the Company.

(4) In any case where immediate action by the Agency is reasonably required in order to secure that the risk of damage to the fishery is avoided or reduced, the Agency may take such steps as are reasonable for the purpose, and may recover the reasonable costs of doing so from the Company provided that written notice specifying those steps is served on the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after the Agency has taken, or commenced to take, the steps specified in the notice.

9. The Company shall indemnify the Agency in respect of all reasonable and proper costs, charges and expenses which the Agency may reasonably incur or have to pay or which it may sustain—

(a)in the examination or approval of plans under this Part of this Schedule;

(b)in the inspection of the construction of the specified works or any protective works required by the Agency under this Part of this Schedule.

10. If any works are constructed by the Agency in relation to a drainage work, the Company shall have no claim against the Agency in respect of any additional costs which may be incurred by the Company as a result of such works.

11.—(1) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this part of this Part of this Schedule, the Company shall indemnify the Agency from all claims, demands, proceedings, costs, damages expenses or losses, which may be made or taken against, or recovered from or incurred by the Agency by reason of the construction of any of the works or by reason of their existence or use or any act or omission of the Company, its contractors, agents, workmen or servants whilst engaged upon the work or compensatory habitat.

(2) The Agency shall give to the Company reasonable written notice of any such claim, demand, proceedings, costs, damages expenses or losses and no settlement or compromise of any such claim, demand, proceedings, costs, damages expenses or losses shall be made without the consent of the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(3) Prior to incurring any expense which it may seek to recover under this paragraph, the Agency shall, except in a case of urgency, serve written notice on the Company informing it of the Agency’s intentions and requiring it within such time as the Agency may reasonably specify to take such steps as may be reasonably practicable to avoid the need for the Agency to incur such expense.

(4) Nothing in this part of this Schedule shall impose any liability on the Company in respect of any damage to the extent that it is attributable to the negligent act or omission of the Agency, its officers, servants, contractors or agents (other than the Company).

12. The fact that any work or thing has been executed or done by the Company in accordance with a plan approved or deemed to be approved by the Agency, or to its satisfaction, or in accordance with any directions or award of an arbitrator shall not relieve the Company from any liability under the provisions of this Part of this Schedule.

13. For the purposes of Chapter II of Part II of the Water Resources Act 1991(16) (abstraction and impounding of water) and section 109 of that Act (as to structures in, over or under watercourses) as applying to the construction of any specified work, any consent or approval given or deemed to be given by the Agency under this Part of this Schedule with respect to such construction shall be deemed also to constitute a licence under that Chapter to obstruct or impede the flow of inland waters at that point by means of impounding works or, as the case may be, a consent or approval under section 109 of that Act.

14.—(1) Unless the parties agree to arbitration, any difference arising between the Company and the Agency under this Part of this Schedule shall be determined by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on a reference to him by either party after notice in writing to the other.

(2) If the parties agree to arbitration, a difference arising between them under this Part of this Schedule shall be referred to and settled by a single arbitrator appointed by agreement between the parties, on a reference to him by either party after notice in writing to the other, or, in default of agreement, by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order authorises Humber Sea Terminal Limited (the applicants for the Order) to construct and maintain a new jetty and access pontoon, with associated works at North Killingholme and to carry out subsidiary works. The specified works, together with adjacent land of the Company used for the business form the “jetty premises”.

The powers conferred by the North Killingholme Haven Harbour Empowerment Order 1994 are extended by this Order.

The Order also extends the limits of jurisdiction of the Company as harbour authority.

(1)

1964 c. 40; section 14 was amended by the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56), section 18 and Schedule 6, paragraphs 2 to 4(1) and 14, section 40 and Schedule 12 (Part II) and by the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), section 63(1) and Schedule 3, paragraph 1. See also the Criminal Justice Act 1982, section 37 and 46.

(2)

For the definition of “the Minister” (mentioned in section 14(7)) see section 57(1).

(3)

S.I. 1981/238, S.I. 1997/2568 and S.I. 2002/2626.

(4)

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