PART IIDUTIES AND POWERS OF THE COMPANY
Reclamation of land6
1
Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Company may, within the harbour fill up, raise, enclose and reclaim land from the sea and the bed and the foreshore of the harbour and for that purpose may place such piles and construct such groynes, retaining walls and other works in and upon the seabed and foreshore as the Company deems necessary.
2
The Company shall not exercise the powers conferred by paragraph (1) above–
a
in relation to any land not owned by it unless it first obtains the consent in writing of the owner thereof; or
b
in relation to any part of the harbour in front of or adjoining land belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her Crown or to a government department or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department and protected by article 39 (Crown Rights) below, without the consent in writing of the Crown Estate Commissioners or, as the case may be, the government department.