Marine Services - Manchester Ship Canal

Acting Conservator of the River Mersey

The Mersey Conservancy is based at the Maritime Centre in the Port of Liverpool. Previously, the Conservancy had been based for many years at the offices of the Department for Transport in London.

The Acting Conservator of the River Mersey is employed by the Department for Transport as an independent office holder; however, the costs associated with his employment are met equally by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company and the Manchester Ship Canal Company.

The primary role of the Acting Conservator of the River Mersey currently is to assess plans or projects below the high water mark that may have an effect on the regime of the River Mersey and hence its safe navigation. The Acting Conservator of the River Mersey has statutory powers under the Act of 1842 for better preserving the navigation of the River Mersey and must be consulted re: application for consent by proposers, agents or developers to undertake such plans or projects.

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