PART 1PRELIMINARY

Interpretation2.

(1)

In this Order—

“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 19614;
“the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 19655;
“the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 19806;
“the 1981 Act” means the Acquisition of Land Act 19817;
“the 1984 Act” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19848;
“the 1991 Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 19919;

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

“authorised works” means the scheduled work and any other works authorised by this Order or any part of them;

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

“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 London Underground Limited (Company No. 01900907) whose registered office is at 55 Broadway, London SW1H 0BD;

“the Crossrail (Paddington) Station” means the station at Paddington in the City of Westminster authorised to be constructed as part of Works Nos. 1/3A and 1/3B under the principal Act;

“electronic transmission” means a communication transmitted—

(a)

by means of an electronic communications network; or

(b)

by other means but while in electronic form;

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

“the limits of deviation” means the limits of deviation for the scheduled work shown on the works and land plan;

“the limits of land to be acquired or used” means the land so shown and described on the works and land plan;

“maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace, and “maintenance” 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;

“the Order limits” means the limits of deviation and the limits of land to be acquired or used which are shown on the works and land plan;

“owner” in relation to land, has the same meaning as in the 1981 Act;

“the principal Act” means the Crossrail Act 2008;

“the promoter” means Crossrail Limited (Company No. 04212657) whose registered office is at 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LQ;

“the scheduled work” means the work specified in Schedule 1 (scheduled work) or any part of it;

“the sections” means the sections which are shown on the works and land plan;

“street” includes part of a street;

“the tribunal” means 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 and land plan” means the plan certified by the Secretary of State as the works and land plan 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 air-space above its surface.

(3)

All distances, directions and lengths stated in the description of the scheduled work or in any description of powers or lands are approximate, and distances between points on a scheduled work are taken to be measured along the scheduled work.