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10.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, the conservancy authority may from time to time deepen, dredge, scour, cleanse, alter or improve so much of the bed, shores and channels of the estuary and the approaches to it as the authority considers appropriate.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) the conservancy authority may use, appropriate or dispose of, any material, other than any wreck within the meaning of Part 9 of the 1995 Act, that has from time to time been dredged by it.
(3) Any material dredged under paragraph (2) must not be deposited below the level of high water except in such places and in accordance with such conditions and restrictions as may be approved or prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(4) The conservancy authority must not dispose of any material dredged under paragraph (2) within the area of the Port of Liverpool as defined in the Mersey Docks and Harbour Act 1971(1) without the written consent of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company(2) and the Acting Conservator of the River Mersey, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Limited, registered in England and Wales with company number 07438262 and whose registered office address is Maritime Centre, Port of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside L21 1LA.
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