Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007
Part 1Works, etc.
Works
1Authority to construct works
2The scheduled works
3The ancillary works
4Permitted deviation within limits
5Access to works
6Construction and maintenance of altered roads
7Works treated as major works for road purposes
8Agreements with roads authorities
Supplemental powers
9Temporary stopping up, alteration or diversion of roads
10Discharge of water
11Safeguarding works to buildings
Part 2Land
Powers of acquisition
12Authority to acquire land
13Acquisition of subsoil or airspace or rights
14Purchase of specific new rights over land
15Rights in roads
16Temporary use of land for construction of works
Compensation
17Disregard of certain interests and improvements
18Set-off of betterment against compensation
19Application of legislation relating to certificates of appropriate alternative development
20No double recovery
Supplementary
21Acquisition of part of certain properties
22Extinction or suspension of rights of way
23Power to enter land for survey, etc.
24Further powers of entry
25Persons under disability may grant servitudes, etc.
26Period for compulsory acquisition of land
27Extension of time
28Time limit on validity of notice to treat
29Parliamentary plans and book of reference: adjustments agreed with landowners and correction of errors
30Restrictions on compulsory purchase in respect of operational airport land
31Protection of access at St James' Park
Part 3Miscellaneous and general
32Power to fell, etc. trees or shrubs
33Powers of disposal, agreements for operation etc.
34Statutory undertakers, etc.
35Arbitration
36Service of notices, etc.
37Listed buildings
38Saving for town and country planning
39Blighted land
40Method of vesting land
41Certification of plans, etc.
42Registration of new rights
43Mitigation of environmental impacts
44Application of Crichel Downs Rules
45Compliance with code of construction practice and noise and vibration policy
46Regulation of mitigation measures
Part 4Supplementary
47Incorporation of enactments
48Application of original railway enactments
49Disapplication of statutory and other restrictions on acquisition and use of certain land
50Rights of the Crown and Scottish Ministers
51Interpretation
52Short title
SCHEDULE 1Scheduled works
SCHEDULE 2Ancillary works
1Works for the provision of recreational facilities in St James'...
2Works for the provision of facilities for the storage and...
3Buildings, platforms, junctions and stopping places.
4Bridges, subways, stairs, lifts, escalators, roundabouts and means of access....
5Junctions and communications with, and widening of, any road, path...
6Works for the provision (for the authorised undertaker or any...
7Works for the strengthening, underpinning, protection, alteration or demolition of...
8Works or operations to stabilise the condition of any land...
9Works to alter the course of, or otherwise interfere with,...
10Works to alter the position of any existing apparatus or...
11Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 10, works to...
12Landscaping, ecological and other works to mitigate any adverse effects...
13Works for the benefit or protection of premises affected by...
14The removal by the authorised undertaker of any works constructed...
15Such other works (of whatever nature) as may be necessary...
SCHEDULE 3Roads to be temporarily stopped up
SCHEDULE 4Safeguarding works: procedure
1Safeguarding works may be carried out— (a) at any time...
2For the purpose of determining how the powers conferred by...
3For the purpose of carrying out safeguarding works to a...
4Before exercising— (a) a right under section 11 of this...
5Where notice is served under paragraph 4(a), (b), (c) or...
6The authorised undertaker shall compensate the owners and occupiers of...
7Where— (a) safeguarding works to a building are carried out...
8Nothing in this schedule shall relieve the authorised undertaker from...
9Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under...
SCHEDULE 5Acquisition of land, etc. outside limits of deviation
Part 1Acquisition of land
Part 2Acquisition of rights only
SCHEDULE 6Land of which temporary possession may be taken
SCHEDULE 7Statutory undertakers, etc.
1Subject to the provisions of this schedule, sections 224 to...
2All such other provisions of the 1997 Act as apply...
3Where any apparatus of a utility undertaker or of a...
4Paragraph 3 shall not apply in the case of the...
5The provisions of the 1997 Act mentioned in paragraphs 1...
6In this schedule— “gas transporter” has the meaning given by...
SCHEDULE 8Listed buildings
1(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), if a listed building was...
2Section 53 of the Listed Buildings Act (acts causing or...
3In this schedule— “the Listed Buildings Act” means the Planning...
SCHEDULE 9Code of construction practice
1Before commencing construction of the authorised works located in the...
2The local planning authority shall send a copy of every...
3The authorised undertaker may with the approval of the local...
4In approving the code of construction practice or any amendment...

Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007

2007 asp 1

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to authorise the construction of a railway from a point east of Paisley St James Station to Glasgow Airport and to make improvements in the existing railway between Paisley St James Station and Glasgow Central Station; and for connected purposes.