Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

1(1)The nominated undertaker may, for the purposes of or in connection with the scheduled works, do any of the following within the limits of deviation for those works or within the limits of land to be acquired or used—

(a)make, provide and maintain all such approaches, bridges, subways, interchanges, roundabouts, turning places, lifts, stairs, escalators, ramps, passages, means of access, shafts, stagings, buildings, apparatus, plant and machinery as may be necessary or convenient,

(b)make junctions and communications (including the provision of steps or ramps for the use of persons on foot) with any highway or access way intersected or interfered with by, or contiguous to, any of those works, and widen or alter any highway or access way for the purpose of connecting it with any of those works or another highway, or of crossing under or over the highway or access way,

(c)construct, provide and maintain all such embankments, aprons, abutments, retaining walls, wing walls, culverts and other works as may be necessary or convenient,

(d)alter or remove any structure erected upon any highway or adjoining land,

(e)alter the position of apparatus, including mains, sewers, drains and cables,

(f)alter the course of, or otherwise interfere with, non-navigable rivers, streams or watercourses, and

(g)carry out and maintain such other works, of whatever description, as may be necessary or expedient.

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not authorise the making of any cut for drainage purposes which is more than 3.35 metres wide at the bottom.