(1)The following protective provisions of the Act of 1989 and the No. 1 Act of 1992 shall, subject to the modifications specified in subsection (2) below and any other necessary modifications, apply for the purposes of this Act as they apply for the purposes of that Act:—
In the Act of 1989—
section 36 (Notice to police);
section 37 (As to highways, traffic, etc.);
section 40 (For protection of public sewers);
section 41 (For protection of certain statutory undertakers);
section 42 (For protection of telecommunications operators);
section 43 (Crown rights);
In the No. 1 Act of 1992—
section 22 (For protection of British Railways Board); and
section 23 (For protection of British Waterways Board).
(2)For the purposes of this section—
(a)in the said section 40, paragraph (14) shall not apply to the construction of any authorised railway in land now forming part of, or adjoining, any existing railway of the railways board; and
(b)in the said section 41—
(i)for the reference to statutory undertakers as defined in the Act of 1989 there shall be substituted reference to statutory undertakers as defined in this Act; and
(ii)paragraph (16) shall not apply to the construction of any authorised railway in land forming part of, or adjoining, any existing railway of the railways board.