The East Northamptonshire Resource Management Facility Order 2023

Interpretation

11.  In this Part of this Schedule—

“alternative apparatus” means alternative apparatus adequate to enable WPD to fulfil its statutory functions in a manner not less efficient than previously and where the context requires includes any part of such alternative apparatus;

“alternative rights” means all and any necessary legal easements, leases, consents, or permissions required by WPD in order to permit or authorise a diversion and to permit or authorise WPD to lay, keep, operate, maintain, adjust, repair, alter, relay, renew, supplement, inspect, examine, test and remove the alternative apparatus;

“apparatus” means electric lines or electrical plant as defined in the Electricity Act 1989(1), belonging to or maintained by WPD;

“diversion” means an alteration to the WPD Network in order to enable or facilitate the authorised development;

“functions” includes powers and duties;

“in” in a context referring to apparatus or alternative apparatus in land includes a reference to apparatus or alternative apparatus under, over or upon land;

“plan” or “plans” includes all designs, drawings, specifications, method statements, programmes, calculations, risk assessments and other documents that are reasonably necessary to properly and sufficiently describe and assess the works to be executed;

“specified work” means so much of any of the authorised development that is carried out within 6 metres of any apparatus;

“undertaker” means Augean South Ltd (Company No. 04636789) or such other person as has the benefit of this Order;

“Order land” means any land within the Order limits as defined in Article 2 (1) of this Order;

“WPD” means Western Power Distribution (East Midlands) plc (company number 02366923) whose registered office is at Avonbank, Feeder Road, Bristol, BS2 0TB;

“WPD Network” means WPD’s distribution network operated pursuant to its distribution licence issued pursuant to section 6 of the 1989 Act; and

other terms have the meaning given in article 2 (interpretation).

(1)

1989 c. 29. The definition of “electricity plant” (in section 64) was amended by paragraphs 24 and 38(1) and (3) of Schedule 6 to the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27).