The Network Rail (West Coast Main Line) Order 2003

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(1);

“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(2);

“the Applications Rules” means the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 1992(3);

“authorised works” means the scheduled works and any other works authorised by this Order;

“the book of reference” means the book of reference certified by the Secretary of State as the book of reference for the purposes of this Order;

“bridleway”, “carriageway”, “footpath”, “footway”, “highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980(4);

“the deposited plans” means the composite plans prepared in pursuance of rule 7(1)(a) and (3) of the Applications Rules and certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited plans for the purposes of this Order and references to land shown on those plans are references to land so shown in pursuance of rule 7(3);

“the deposited sections” means the sections certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited sections for the purposes of this Order;

“enactment” includes any order, byelaw, rule, regulation, scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an enactment;

“the limits of deviation”, in relation to a work, means the limits of deviation related to that work which are shown on the deposited plans;

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;

“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited;

“the Order limits” means any of the limits of deviation, or the limits of land to be acquired or used, shown on the deposited plans;

“owner”, in relation to land, means, unless the context otherwise requires, a person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of land (whether in possession or reversion) and includes a person holding, or entitled to the rents and profits of, the land under a lease or tenancy having an unexpired term exceeding 3 years;

“the scheduled works” means the works specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;

“street” includes part of a street;

“street authority”, in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part III of the Street Works Act;

“the Street Works Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(5); and

“the tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal.

(2) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do, or to place and maintain, anything in or on land or in the air-space over its surface.

(3) All directions, distances and lengths stated in any description of works, powers or lands shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such direction, distance and length and distances between points on a railway shall be taken to be measured along the railway.

(4) Any reference in this Order to a work identified by the number of the work shall be construed as a reference to the work of that number authorised by this Order.

(5) Any reference in this Order to a point identified by a letter and number shall be construed as a reference to the point so lettered and numbered on the deposited plans.

(6) References in this Order to reference points shall be construed as references to Ordnance Survey National Grid reference points.

(7) References in this Order to highways lettered FP or BR are references respectively to footpaths or bridleways.

(8) References in this Order to the London to Birmingham Section, the Rugby to Stafford Section, the Colwich Junction to Cheadle Hulme Section, the Crewe to Manchester Section and the Crewe to Glasgow Section are references to sections of the railway comprised in the West Coast Main Line.

(1)

1961 c. 33.

(2)

1965 c. 56.

(3)

S.I. 1992/2902.

(4)

1980 c. 66.

(5)

1991 c. 22.