Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—
“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1);
“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(2);
“the 1992 Act” means the Transport and Works Act 1992;
“application date” means the day on which application was made to the Secretary of State for this Order;
“Applications Rules” means the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2000;
“authorised works” means the scheduled works and any other works authorised by this Order;
“the deposited plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited plans for the purposes of this Order;
“the deposited sections” means the sections certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited sections for the purposes of this Order;
“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980(3);
“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation for the scheduled works mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) of article 6 (Power to deviate) and shown on the deposited plans, or, if, in relation to any such work in a street, no such limits are shown, the boundaries of that street on the application date, including those boundaries as from time to time altered or widened under this Order;
“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;
“the Promoter” means The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company together with Shell UK Ltd;
“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; and
“the tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal.
(2) 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.
(3) 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 works “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 that scheduled work.