http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1821/article/2The Felixstowe Branch Line (Land Acquisition) Order 2014enTRANSPORT AND WORKS, ENGLANDTRANSPORT, ENGLANDStatute Law Database2025-11-25Expert Participation2017-09-21 This Order confers powers on The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company for the compulsory acquisition of land and interests in land in the Borough of Ipswich and Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk. The powers are conferred for the purposes of constructing and operating an additional railway line adjacent to part of the existing Felixstowe branch railway line and improvements to certain level crossings on the existing Felixstowe branch railway line. Such works were authorised by the Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard Improvement Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2512) (“the 2008 Order”). The compulsory acquisition powers conferred by the 2008 Order expired on 14th October 2013. PART 1 2 1 In this Order— “the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961; “the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965; “the 2008 Order” means the Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard Improvement Order 2008; “authorised works” means Works Nos. 2 to 6 (or any part of them) authorised by the 2008 Order or any other works adjacent to or in the Parish of Westerfield in the Borough of Ipswich within the Order limits, or any other works in Suffolk Coastal District within the Order limits authorised by the 2008 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; “the land plans” means the plans certified by the Secretary of State as the land plans for the purpose of this Order; “limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation for the authorised works shown on the land plans; “the limits of land to be acquired or used” means the limits of land to be acquired or used shown on the land plans; “the Order limits” means any limits of deviation and any limits of land to be acquired or used which are shown on the land plans; “tribunal” means the Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal; and “the undertaker” means The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company being a company limited by shares and incorporated by The Felixstowe Railway and Pier Act 1875. 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 air-space over its surface. 3 References in this Order to numbered works are references to the works as numbered in Schedule 1 (scheduled works) to the 2008 Order. 4 All measurements stated in any description of lands in the book of reference are approximate. 1961 c. 33. 1965 c. 56. S.I. 2008/2512. 1875 c. cxlv. Art. 2 in force at 29.7.2014, see art. 1