During the period beginning with the date when this Order comes into force and ending on the accretion date, the area within the limits of deviation shall, for the purposes of the Control of Pollution Act 197411 and the Town and Country Planning Act 199012, be annexed to and incorporated with the district of Tendring.

On the accretion date, the area of the whole or of so much of the works authorised by paragraphs (1) and (2) of article 3 as shall have been completed or substantially commenced shall be annexed to and incorporated with the parishes of Harwich and Ramsey and Parkeston (in proportion to the extent of the common boundary of those parishes), the district of Tendring and the county of Essex.

In this article “accretion date” means the date when the works so authorised have been completed or, if sooner, the date when the powers granted by this Order shall cease to have effect pursuant to article 4.