The Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford Improvements) Order 2012

1.—(1) For the protection of the Canal & River Trust, the following provisions, have effect unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and the Trust.

(2) In this Schedule—

“the canal” means any canal or waterway owned or managed by the Trust, and includes any works connected with any such canal or waterway for the maintenance of which the Trust is responsible and any lands held or used by the Trust for the purposes of the canal;

“canal work” means so much of any specified work or any other work of which the Company is in possession under the powers conferred by this Order as is in or over the canal;

“construction” includes execution, placing, altering, replacing and relaying and includes removal;

“detriment” means any damage to the canal or any other property of the Trust and, without limitation on the scope of the meaning, includes—

(a)

the erosion of the bed or banks of the canal, or the impairment of the stability of any works, lands or premises forming part of the canal;

(b)

the silting of the canal or the deposit of materials in it so as to materially damage the canal;

(c)

the pollution of the canal;

(d)

any material alteration of the water level of the canal, or material interference with the supply of water to the canal, or drainage of water from the canal; and

(e)

any material harm to the ecology of the canal (including any material adverse impact on any site of special scientific interest comprised in the canal);

“non-canal work” means so much of any specified work or any other work of which the Company is in possession under the powers conferred by this Order as is not in or over the canal;

“plans” includes sections, drawings, specifications and method statements;

“specified work” means so much of any permanent or temporary work authorised by this Order as is in, across, under, or within 15 metres of, or may in any way affect, the canal but does not include painting;

“stoppage season” means a period of 5 calendar months running consecutively from 1 November until 31 March inclusive; and

“the Trust” means the Canal & River Trust.