The Docklands Light Railway (Stratford International Extension) Order 2006

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 1981 Act” means the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(3);

“the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(4);

“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(5);

“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(6);

“the 1992 Act” means the Transport and Works Act 1992(7);

“the 1993 Act” means the Railways Act 1993(8);

“the abandoned railway formation” means the railway formation forming part of the North London Line, and intended to be abandoned by Network Rail as a railway in consequence of the construction of the works authorised by this Order, comprising the land in the London Borough of Newham numbered 538 to 559 on the deposited plans and all related structures, buildings, plant, equipment and other apparatus;

“the Applications Rules” means the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2000(9);

“the authorised railway” means the railways authorised by this Order or any part of them;

“the authorised works” means the scheduled works and any other works authorised by this Order or any part of them;

“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;

“carriageway” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980(10);

“the deposited plans” means the composite plans 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 12(5) of the Application Rules;

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

“DLRL” means Docklands Light Railway Limited, a company limited by shares and registered in England and Wales under number 2052677;

“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980;

“the limits of deviation” means the limits of lateral deviation for the scheduled works mentioned in article 5(1)(a);

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

“network licence” means the network licence, as the same is amended from time to time, granted to Network Rail by the Secretary of State in exercise of his powers under section 8 of the 1993 Act;

“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited and any associated company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited which holds property for railway purposes, and for the purpose of this definition “associated company” means any company which is (within the meaning of section 736 of the Companies Act 1985(11)) the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a subsidiary of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited or another subsidiary of the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited;

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

“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in the 1981 Act;

“parking place” has the same meaning as in section 32 of the 1984 Act;

“the scheduled works” means the works specified in Schedule 1, or any part of them;

“street” includes part of a street;

“street authority”, in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act;

“the temporary land” means the land specified in Schedule 10; 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) 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.

(4) References in this Order to points identified by letters, with or without numbers, shall be construed as references to the points marked on the deposited plans.

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

(1)

1961 c. 33.

(2)

1965 c. 56.

(3)

1981 c. 67.

(4)

1984 c. 27.

(5)

1990 c. 8.

(6)

1991 c. 22 as amended by the Traffic Management Act 2004 c. 18.

(7)

1992 c. 42.

(8)

1993 c. 43.

(9)

S.I. 2000/2190.

(10)

1980 c. 66.

(11)

1985 c. 6.