The East Midlands Parkway Station (Land Acquisition) Order 2005

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961(1);

“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(2);

“the book of reference” means the book of reference certified by the Secretary of State as the book of reference for the purposes of this Order;

“the Company” means Midland Main Line Limited whose registered office is at 75 Davies Street, London W1K 5HT;

“the East Midlands Parkway Station” means the new Parkway railway station with parking and associated access and highway works to be constructed on the land shown on the land plan;

“the land plan” means the plan certified by the Secretary of State as the land plan for the purposes of this Order;

“the limits of land to be acquired” means the lines marked “Limit of Land to be Acquired” shown on the land plan;

“the limits of land to be temporarily used” means the lines marked “Limit of Land to be Temporarily used” shown on the land plan;

“occupier” means a person occupying land under a tenancy for a period of more than a month (not being a statutory tenant within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977(3) or the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976(4));

“owner”, in relation to land, means a person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of land (whether in possession or reversion) and includes a person holding, or entitled to the rents and profits of, the land under a lease or tenancy having an unexpired term exceeding 3 years;

“the Planning Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(5);

“the Street Works Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(6);

“the tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal.

(2) References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do, or to place and maintain, anything in or on land or in the air-space over its surface.

(3) All measurements stated in any description of lands in the book of reference shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each measurement.

(1)

1961 c. 33.

(2)

1965 c. 56.

(3)

1977 c. 42.

(4)

1976 c. 80.

(5)

1990 c. 8.

(6)

1991 c. 22.