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Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Procedure and Consequential Amendments) Order 2013

3.  In article 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)after the definition of “erection”, insert—

“infrastructure manager” means any person who in relation to relevant railway land—

(a)

is responsible for developing or maintaining the land; or

(b)

manages or uses the land, or permits the land to be used for the operation of a railway;

(b)after the definition of “questionnaire”, insert—

relevant railway land” means land—

(a)

forming part of any operational railway; or

(b)

which is authorised to be used for the purposes of an operational railway under—

(i)

a planning permission granted or deemed to be granted,

(ii)

a development consent granted by an order made under the Planning Act 2008(1), or

(iii)

an Act of Parliament,

including any viaduct, tunnel, retaining wall, siding, shaft, bridge or other structure to be used for the purpose of an operational railway but excluding any car park, office, shop, hotel or other land which, by its nature or situation, is comparable with land in general rather than land which is used for the purpose of an operational railway;