Transport and Works (Descriptions of Works Interfering with Navigation) Order 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/3230 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992 No. 3230
TRANSPORT AND WORKS
The Transport and Works (Descriptions of Works Interfering with Navigation) Order 1992
Made 16th December 1992
Coming into force 1st January 1993
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(1) and (2) of the Transport and Works Act 19921(hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:—
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Transport and Works (Descriptions of Works Interfering with Navigation) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.
Descriptions of works
2. The Secretary of State hereby prescribes works of the following descriptions for the purposes of section 3(1)(b)(ii) of the Act:
(a) barrage;
(b) bridge;
(c) cable;
(d) land reclamation;
(e) navigational aid;
(f) offshore installation;
(g) pier;
(h) pipeline;
(i) tunnel;
(j) utilities structure.
Interpretation
3.—(1) In this Order—
“barrage” includes a dam, weir, barrier, embankment, breakwater and any other structure for impounding, or diverting or controlling the flow of, water;
“bridge” includes a viaduct, an aqueduct and a gantry and the abutments of and approaches to a bridge;
“cable” means a telegraph, telephone or electric power cable (whether submerged or airborne), an aerial cableway or a cable or chain used to guide a ferry;
“land reclamation” means works for restoring or converting to dry land or to a polder areas of land which are continuously or intermittently covered by water and also means other works in, on or over such land;
“navigational aid” means any structure or device (whether fixed or floating) providing a light, sound or other signal or other aid for the safety of navigation in or over water or in the air;
“offshore installation” means an installation or device (whether fixed or floating) for the exploitation, or exploration with a view to exploitation, of the natural resources of any waters, the bed or subsoil thereof or the air-space thereover and also means any other installation or device performing, or intended to perform, or which has performed, any activity of a kind specified in section 1(2) of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 19712in so far as the activity relates to such bed or subsoil;
“pier” includes a...
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