Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847

VII Errors and Omissions in Plans, &c. may be corrected by Justices, &c. who shall certify the same. Certificate to be deposited.

If any Omission, Mis-statement, or wrong Description shall have been made of any Lands, or of the Owners, Lessees, or Occupiers of any Lands described on the Plans or Books of Reference relating to the Harbour, Dock, or Pier deposited in compliance with the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament, or in the Schedule to the Special Act, the Undertakers, after giving Ten Days Notice to the Owners, Lessees, and Occupiers of the Lands affected by such proposed Correction, may apply, in England or Ireland, to Two Justices, and in Scotland to the Sheriff, for the Correction thereof; and if it appear to such Justices or Sheriff that such Omission, Mis-statement, or wrong Description arose from Mistake, they shall certify the same accordingly, and they shall in such Certificate state the Particulars of any such Omission, Mis-statement, or wrong Description ; and such Certificate shall, along with the other Documents to which it relates, be deposited, in England and Ireland, with the Clerk of the Peace of the several Counties in which the Lands affected by such Alteration are situate, and in Scotland with the Sheriff Clerk of such Counties and with the Schoolmasters of the several Parishes in which such Lands are situate, and with the Town Clerk if such Lands be situate in a Royal Burgh; and thereupon such Plan, Book of Reference, or Schedule shall be deemed to be corrected according to such Certificate; and the Undertakers may make the Works in accordance with such Certificate, as if such Omission, Mis-statement, or wrong Description had not been made.