Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the Association” means Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Association Limited, a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under company number 02644128 (charity number 1016237), whose registered office is at Chinnor Station, Station Approach, Station Road, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4ER;

“the Company” means Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Company Limited, a private limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 02729049, whose registered office is at Chinnor Station, Station Approach, Station Road, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4ER;

“lease” includes a sublease and “lease”, where used as a verb, is to be construed accordingly;

“the main lease” means the lease of the railway from Network Rail to the Association dated 1st March 2017;

“Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a private limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 02904587, whose registered office is at 1 Eversholt Street, London, NW1 2DN, and includes any associated company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited which holds property for railway purposes, and for the purpose of this definition “associated company” means any company which is (within the meaning of section 1159 (meaning of “subsidiary” etc) of the Companies Act 2006(1) the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a subsidiary of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited or another subsidiary of the holding company of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited;

“obligations” includes all obligations, statutory or otherwise;

“the railway” means the railway described in the Schedule, together with all works relating to it, which is held by the Association on the relevant date;

“the relevant date” means the date on which this Order comes into force;

“rights” includes all rights, powers and privileges, statutory or otherwise; and

“the undertaker” means the Association and, following any lease under article 4 (transfer of railway by undertaker), means or includes the transferee within the meaning of that article.

(2) Any enactments by which the construction and operation of the railway was authorised have effect subject to the provisions of this Order.

(3) All distances, lengths, measurements and directions stated in any description of powers or lands are approximate and distances between points on a railway are to be taken to be measured along the railway.