179 Protective provisions in respect of flood defence works and watercourses etc
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

179  Protective provisions in respect of flood defence works and watercourses etc

(1)     Nothing in this Act shall confer power on any person to do anything, except with the consent of the person who so uses them, which interferes—

(a)     with any sluices, floodgates, groynes, sea defences or other works used by any person for draining, preserving or improving any land under any local statutory provision;

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