Hamburg Water Law.

The present Law lays down provisions relating to waters in the Land Hamburg. Article 2 establishes that surface waters are divided into waters of first order, waters of second order and all other waters. The text consists of 116 articles divided into 15 Parts as follows: Introductory provisions (I); Property of waters and flooding protection (II); Provisions on protection and management of waters (IV); Maintenance and extension of surface waters (V); Protection against danger of flooding (VI); Monitoring of waters (VII); Compulsory right of passage (VIII); Expropriation (IX); Compensation proceedings (X); Procedures (XI); Water Register (XII); Penalties (XIII); Transitional provisions (XIV); Final provisions (XV).