In this Order—

• “the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 19613;

• “the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 19654;

• “the 2003 Act” means the Communications Act 20035;

• “the Applications Rules” means the Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2000;

• “authorised works” means the scheduled works and any other 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;

• “bridleway”, “carriageway”, “footpath”, “footway”, “highway” and “highway authority” have the same meaning as in the Highways Act 19806;

• “conduit system” has the same meaning as in the electronic communications code and references to providing a conduit system shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(3A) of that code;

• “the deposited plans” means the composite plans prepared in pursuance of rule 12(1) and (5) of the Applications Rules and certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited plans for the purposes of this Order and references to land shown on those plans are references to land so shown in pursuance of rule 12(5);

• “the deposited sections” means the sections certified by the Secretary of State as the deposited sections for the purposes of this Order;

• “electronic communications apparatus” has the same meaning as in the electronic communications code;

• “the electronic communications code” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the 2003 Act7;

• “electronic communications code network” means—

  1. a

     so much of an electronic communications network or conduit system provided by an electronic communications code operator as is not excluded from the application of the electronic communications code by a direction under section 106 of the 2003 Act; and

  2. b

     an electronic communications network which the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland department is providing or proposing to provide;

• “electronic communications code operator” means a person in whose case the electronic communications code is applied by a direction under section 106 of the 2003 Act;

• “electronic communications network” and “electronic communications service” each has the same meaning as in the 2003 Act8;

• “enactment” includes any order, byelaw, rule, regulation, scheme or other instrument having effect by virtue of an enactment;

• “former PTO” means a person—

  1. a

     who is a provider of a public electronic communications network or a public electronic communications service which, immediately before the date on which the repeal by the 2003 Act9 of section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 198410 comes into force, was designated as a public telecommunication system under section 9 of that Act; and

  2. b

     who, immediately before that date, was authorised to provide that network or service by a licence to which section 8 of that Act applied;

• “the limits of deviation”, in relation to a work, means the limits of deviation related to that work which are shown on the deposited plans;

• “maintain” includes inspect, repair, adjust, alter, remove, reconstruct and replace and “maintenance” shall be construed accordingly;

• “Network Rail” means Network Rail Infrastructure Limited;

• “operator”, in relation to an electronic communications code network, means—

  1. a

     the electronic communications code operator providing that network; or

  2. b

     the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland department, to the extent that they are providing or proposing to provide that network;

• “the Order limits” means any of the limits of deviation, or the limits of land to be acquired or used, shown on the deposited plans;

• “owner”, in relation to land, means, unless the context otherwise requires, a person, other than a mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of land (whether in possession or reversion) and includes a person holding, or entitled to the rents and profits of, the land under a lease or tenancy having an unexpired term exceeding 3 years;

• “provide” and cognate expressions, in relation to an electronic communications network, an electronic communications service or associated facilities, are to be construed in accordance with section 32(4) of the 2003 Act;

• “public electronic communications network” and “public electronic communications service” each has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the 2003 Act11;

• “the scheduled works” means the works specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;

• “street” includes part of a street;

• “street authority”, in relation to a street, has the same meaning as in Part III of the Street Works Act;

• “the Street Works Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 199112;

• “the tribunal” means the Lands Tribunal; and

• “working site” includes construction access.

References in this Order to rights over land include references to rights to do, or to place and maintain, anything in or on land or in the air-space over its surface.

All directions, distances and lengths stated in any description of works, powers or lands shall be construed as if the words “or thereabouts” were inserted after each such direction, distance and length and distances beween points on a railway shall be taken to be measured along the railway.

Any reference in this Order to a work identified by the number of the work shall be construed as a reference to the work of that number authorised by this Order.

Any reference in this Order to a point identified by a letter and number shall be construed as a reference to the point so lettered and numbered on the deposited plans.

References in this Order to reference points shall be construed as references to Ordnance Survey National Grid reference points.

References in this Order to highways lettered FP or BR are references respectively to footpaths or bridleways.