the objects for which the trust is established are the preservation, maintenance in good order, improvement and construction of canals, navigable rivers and inland waterways (hereinafter called “navigations”) for the use of the public. provided that these primary objects shall be carried out and the powers hereinafter conferred upon the trust shall be exercised exclusively in a manner beneficial to the public and recognised by the law of england as charitable.
to maintain and improve for the purposes of the trust any navigation or former navigation having been abandoned and in particular the wey & arun junction canal in the counties of surrey and sussex and at the northern end the bramley stream or the cranleigh waters linking it to the wey navigation in surrey and at the southern end the arun navigation linking it to the river arun at pallingham lock in sussex together with any of their tributaries (which navigation or former navigation and tributaries are herein called the “wey & arun” or the “wey & arun canal”).
for the purposes aforesaid to maintain and improve and construct any navigation and in particular the wey & arun and either alone or jointly with any other persons corporations bodies or public or local authorities and with and subject to all such consents statutory enactments or orders and acts in the law as may be applicable to a navigation and in particular to the wey & arun or necessary for the carrying out of the above objects.
