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PART 1PRELIMINARY

Citation and Commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Network Rail (Ipswich Chord) Order 2012 and comes into force on 26th September 2012.

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 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980(3);

“the 1990 Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(4);

“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991(5);

“the 2008 Act” means the Planning Act 2008;

“address” includes any number or address used for the purposes of electronic transmission;

“ancillary works” means any works authorised by this Order which are not development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

“authorised development” means the development and associated development described in Part 1 (authorised development) of Schedule 1 (authorised development and requirements) and any other development authorised by this Order, which is development within the meaning of section 32 of the 2008 Act;

“the authorised project” means the authorised development and the ancillary works authorised by this Order;

“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;

“building” includes any structure or erection or any part of a building, structure or erection;

“carriageway” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“compulsory acquisition notice” means a notice served in accordance with section 134 of the 2008 Act;

“the design drawings” means the drawings submitted under regulation 5(2)(o) of the Regulations and certified as the design drawings by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Order;

“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—

(a)

by means of an electronic communications network; or

(b)

by other means but while in electronic form;

“the Environmental Statement” means the document certified as the environmental statement by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

“footpath” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the 1980 Act;

“the land plans” means the plans submitted under regulation 5(2)(i) of the Regulations and certified as the land plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

“limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation referred to in article 7 (limits of deviation);

“maintain” includes to inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct or replace and any derivative of “maintain” is to be construed accordingly;

“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (Company registration number 02904587) whose registered office is at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG;

“Order land” means the land shown on the land plans which is within the limits of land to be acquired or used and described in the book of reference, but does not include the land numbered 2 on the land plans;

“Order limits” means the limits of deviation and the limits of additional land to be used shown on the works plans, but does not include the land numbered 2 on the land plans;

“owner”, in relation to land, has the same meaning as in section 7 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981(6);

“relevant planning authority” means the district planning authority for the area in which the land to which the provisions of this Order apply is situated;

“the Regulations” means the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009;

“the sections” unless otherwise stated in this Order means the sections and elevations shown on the design drawings and works plans certified as the design drawings and works plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;

“statutory undertaker” means any statutory undertaker for the purposes of section 127(8), 128(5) or 129(2) of the 2008 Act;

“street” means a street within the meaning of section 48 of the 1991 Act, together with land on the verge of a street or between two carriageways, and includes part of a street;

“street authority”, in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act;

“the tribunal” means the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal;

“watercourse” includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, canals, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers and passages through which water flows except a public sewer or drain; and

“the works plans” unless otherwise stated in this Order means the plans submitted under regulation 5(2)(j) of the Regulations and certified as the works plans by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order.

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

(3) All distances, directions and lengths referred to in this Order are approximate and distances between points on a work comprised in the authorised project are taken to be measured along that work.

(4) References in this Order to points identified by letters, with or without numbers, are construed as references to points so lettered on the works plans.

(5) References in this Order to numbered works are references to the works as numbered in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

Incorporation of the Railways Clauses Acts

3.—(1) The following provisions of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845(7) are incorporated in this Order—

(2) The following provisions of the Railways Clauses Act 1863(9) are incorporated in this Order—

(3) In those provisions, as incorporated in this Order—

“the company” means Network Rail;

“goods” includes any thing conveyed on the railway authorised to be constructed by this Order;

“lease” includes an agreement for a lease;

“prescribed”, in relation to any such provision, means prescribed by this Order for the purposes of that provision;

“the railway” means any railway authorised to be constructed by this Order and any other authorised development; and

“the special Act” means this Order.

(4) In section 46 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, as incorporated in this Order, for the proviso there is substituted “provided always that, with the consent of the highway authority and subject to such conditions as the authority may reasonably impose, the railway may be carried across a highway on the level.”.

Disapplication of legislative provisions

4.  The following provisions do not apply in relation to the construction of works carried out for the purpose of, or in connection with, the construction or maintenance of the authorised project—

(a)section 109 (structures in, over or under a main river) of the Water Resources Act 1991(10);

(b)the provisions of any byelaws made under, or having effect as if made under, paragraphs 5, 6 or 6A of Schedule 25 to the Water Resources Act 1991, which require consent or approval for the carrying out of the works;

(c)section 23 (prohibition on obstructions etc. in watercourses) of the Land Drainage Act 1991(11).

(1)

1961 c. 33. Section 2(2) was amended by section 193 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 33 to, the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65). There are other amendments to the 1980 Act which are not relevant to this Order.

(2)

1965 c. 56. Section 3 was amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 15 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34). Section 4 was amended by section 3 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71). Section 5 was amended by sections 67 and 80 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34). Section 11(1) and sections 3, 31 and 32 were amended by section 34(1) of, and Schedule 4 to, the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67) and by section 14 of, and paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 5 to, the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (2006 No.1). Section 12 was amended by section 56(2) of, and Part 1 to Schedule 9 to, the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23). Section 13 was amended by section 139 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15). Section 20 was amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 15 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34). Sections 9, 25 and 29 were amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39). Section 31 was also amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 19 of Schedule 15 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34) and by section 14 of, and paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 5 to, the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 2006 (2006 No.1). There are other amendments to the 1965 Act which are not relevant to this Order.

(3)

1980 c. 66. Section 1(1) was amended by section 21(2) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22); sections 1(2), (3) and (4) were amended by section 8 of, and paragraph (1) of Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51); section 1(2A) was inserted by, and section 1(3) was amended by, section 259 (1), (2) and (3) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c.29); sections 1(3A) and 1(5) were inserted by section 22(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19). Section 36(2) was amended by section 4(1) of, and paragraphs 47 (a) and (b) of Schedule 2 to, the Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71), by S.I. 2006/1177, by section 4 of and paragraph 45(3) of Schedule 2 to, the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11), by section 64(1) (2) and (3) of the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42) and by section 57 of, and paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 6 to, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37); section 36(3A) was inserted by section 64(4) of the Transport and Works Act 1992 and was amended by S.I. 2006/1177; section 36(6) was amended by section 8 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51); and section 36(7) was inserted by section 22(1) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19). Section 329 was amended by section 112(4) of, and Schedule 18 to, the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29) and by section 190(3) of, and Part 1 of Schedule 27 to, the Water Act 1989 (c. 15). There are other amendments to the 1980 Act which are not relevant to this Order.

(4)

1990 c. 8. Section 206(1) was amended by section 192(8) to, and paragraphs 7 and 11 of Schedule 8 to, the Planning Act 2008 (c. 29) (date in force to be appointed see section 241(3), (4)(a),(c) of the 2008 Act). There are other amendments to the 1990 Act which are not relevant to this Order.

(5)

1991 c. 22. Section 48(3A) was inserted by section 124 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26). Sections 79(4), 80(4), and 83(4) were amended by section 40 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18).

(6)

1981 c. 67. Section 7 was amended by section 70 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 15 to, the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34). There are other amendments to the 1981 Act which are not relevant to this Order.

(7)

1845 c. 20. Section 46 was amended by sections 109(1) and (3) of, and paragraph 22 of Schedule 8, and Schedule 10 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39). Section 58 was amended by section 46 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 7 to, the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101). Section 78 was amended by section 39(3) of, and Schedule 7 to, the Compulsory Purchase Act 1968 (c. 56) and articles 5(1) and (2) of, and paras 1 and 3 of Schedule 7 to, S.I. 2009/1307. Section 105 was amended by section 46 of, and Part 3 of Schedule 7 to, the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), and section 31(6) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), and sections 37 and 49 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48). There are other amendments to the 1845 Act not relevant to this Order.

(8)

1923 c. 20. Section 15 was amended by section 10(1) of the Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19).

(10)

1991 c. 57. Section 106 was amended by the Water Act 2003 (c. 37), sections 36(2) and 99 subject to the transitional provisions contained in article 6 of, and Schedule 3 to, S.I. 2004/641. There are other amendments to section 106 which are not relevant to this Order.