The following provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the nominated undertaker and the port authority, have effect for the protection of the port authority.

In this Part of this Schedule—

• “construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing, relaying and removal;

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

• “the port authority” means the Port of Sheerness Limited;

• “the river” means the River Medway;

• “operations” includes temporary works, dredging works and temporary mooring of vessels authorised by paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to this Act;

• “tidal work” means so much of any work authorised by Part I of this Act as is on or over the surface of land below the level of mean high water springs forming part of the river.