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The Docklands Light Railway (Woolwich Arsenal Extension) Order 2004

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4.—(1) DLRL may construct and maintain the scheduled works.

(2) Subject to article 5, the scheduled works may only be constructed in the lines or situations shown on the deposited plans and in accordance with the levels shown on the deposited sections.

(3) Subject to paragraph (6), DLRL may carry out and maintain such of the following works as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in connection with or in consequence of, the construction of the scheduled works, namely—

(a)works required for the strengthening, improvement, repair or reconstruction of any street;

(b)works for the strengthening, alteration or demolition or any building or structure;

(c)works to alter the position of any street furniture or apparatus, including mains, sewers, drains, cables and lights;

(d)works to alter the course of, or otherwise interfere with, rivers, streams or watercourses;

(e)landscaping and other works to mitigate any adverse effects of the construction, maintenance or operation of the other authorised works; and

(f)facilities and works for the benefit or protection of land or premises affected by the other authorised works.

(4) Subject to paragraph (6), DLRL may carry out and maintain such other works (of whatever nature) as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in connection with or in consequence of, the construction of the scheduled works.

(5) DLRL may remove any works constructed by it pursuant to this Order which have been constructed as temporary works or which it no longer requires.

(6) Paragraphs (3) and (4) shall only authorise the carrying out or maintenance of works—

(a)within the limits of deviation for the scheduled works shown on the deposited plans;

(b)on land specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 2 to this Order for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (3) of that Schedule (being land shown on the deposited plans as lying within the limits of additional land to be acquired or used); and

(c)on land specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 10 to this Order for the purpose specified in relation to that land in column (3) of that Schedule (being land shown on the deposited plans as lying within the limits of land to be used temporarily).

(7) In constructing and maintaining the scheduled works DLRL may lay and install such number of railway lines, switches and crossings as may be necessary or expedient.

(8) The following enactments shall not apply to anything done under or in pursuance of this Order—

(a)sections 70 and 73 of the Port of London Act 1968 M1 (works not to be constructed, etc., without works licence and Licensing of dredging, etc.);

(b)section 109 of the Water Resources Act 1991 M2, section 23 of the Land Drainage Act 1991 M3 and any byelaws made under those Acts; and

(c)section 13 of the London Docklands Development Corporation Act 1994 M4.

(9) In exercising the powers of paragraph (3)(b) to demolish the building constructed on the land numbered 288 on the deposited plans, DLRL shall—

(a)dismantle the Greens End facçade of that building in such a manner as will enable it to be re-used elsewhere; and

(b)thereafter securely store that dismantled facçade until such time as the Council of the London Borough of Greenwich (or any person or body nominated by that council) requests DLRL to transfer the facçade to it or to him, which DLRL shall do forthwith and for no charge;

but if no such request has been made within one year of completion of the station authorised by article 6 DLRL shall be relieved of its obligations under sub-paragraph (b) and may dispose of the facçade.

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5.—(1) In constructing or maintaining any of the scheduled works, DLRL may—

(a)deviate laterally from the lines or situations shown on the deposited plans within the limits of deviation relating to that work shown on those plans; and

(b)deviate vertically from the levels shown on the deposited sections—

(i)to any extent not exceeding 5 metres upwards; and

(ii)to any extent downwards.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), in constructing or maintaining the scheduled works DLRL may, to the extent it thinks fit—

(a)deviate from their points of commencement and termination shown on the deposited plans;

(b)in relation to Work No.1, vary the commencement and termination point of any bored or cut and cover tunnel or any tunnel structure shown on the deposited plans, deviate from the design of any such tunnel or tunnel structure shown on the deposited sections and vary the number of tunnels and tunnel structures shown on those sections; and

(c)in relation to any intended bridge, viaduct, aqueduct, gantry or other structure above ground level, deviate from the design shown on the deposited sections as it thinks fit, including by varying the number of any supporting columns or other structures, the distances between them and the height or clearance above the level of the ground.

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6.—(1) DLRL may construct, maintain and operate a station on the specified lands, or on some of them, and DLRL may construct, maintain and operate all necessary works and conveniences connected with that station.

(2) In paragraph (1) “the specified lands” means the land in the London Borough of Greenwich numbered 249, 255a, 255b, 255c, 255d, 255e, 255f, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 273, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287 and 288 on the deposited plans.

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